CA2607929A1

CA2607929A1 - 2,3-substituted fused bicyclic pyrimidin-4(3h)-ones modulating the function of the vanilloid-1 receptor (vr1)

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Publication number: CA2607929A1
Application number: CA002607929A
Authority: CA
Inventors: Rebecca Elizabeth Brown; Alexander Charles Humpries; Lauren Rogers; Tracey Bayliss; A. Brian Jones; Christopher Richard Moyes; Gregory John Hollingworth; Charles A. Blum; Xiaozhang Zheng; Rajagopal Bakthalvatchalam; Scott Capitosti
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Organon Pharma UK Ltd; Neurogen Corp
Priority date: 2005-05-11
Filing date: 2006-05-10
Publication date: 2006-11-16
Also published as: WO2006122200A1; JP2009536608A; AU2006244027A1; EP1881988A1; US20090298856A1

Abstract

The use of a compound of formula (I): for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of conditions ameliorated by the modulation of the function of the vanilloid-1 receptor (VR1, also known as TRPV1).

Description

2,3-SUBSTITUTED FUSED BICYCLIC PYRIMIDIN 4-(3H)-ONES MODULATING THE FUNCTION
OF THE VANILLOID-1 RECEPTOR (VRl) The present invention is concerned with 2,3-substituted fused bicyclic pyrimidin-4(3H)-ones and analogues and derivatives thereof as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, which are useful as therapeutic compounds, particularly in the treatment of pain and other conditions aineliorated by the modulation of the function of the vanilloid-1 receptor (VRI, also known as TRPV1).
The pharmacologically active ingredient of chilli peppers has been recognised for some time to be the phenolic amide capsaicin. The application of capsaicin to mucous membranes or when injected intradermally, causes intense burning-like pain in humans. The beneficial effects of topical administration of capsaicin as an analgesic is also well established. However, understanding of the underlying molecular pharmacology mediating these responses to capsaicin has been a more recent development.
The receptor for capsaicin, termed the vanilloid VRl receptor, was cloned by Caterina and colleagues at UCSF in 1997 (Nature, 398:816, 1997). VRl receptors are cation channels that are found on sensory nerves that innervate the skin, viscera, peripheral tissues and spinal cord. Activation of VRl elicits action potentials in sensory fibres that ultimately generate the sensation of pain. Importantly the VRl receptor is activated not only by capsaicin but also by acidic pH and by noxious heat stimuli. It is also sensitized by a number of inflammatory mediators and thus appears to be a polymodal integrator of painful stimuli.
The prototypical VRI antagonist is capsazepine (Walpole et al., J. Med.
Chenz., 37:1942, 1994) -VRl IC50 of 420nM. Other sub-micromolar antagonists has also been reported recently (Lee et al, Bioorg. Med. Chern., 9:1713, 2001; Park et al, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 13:601, 2003; Yoon et al, Bioorg. Med. Chern. Lett., 13:1549, 2003; Lee et al, Bioorg. Med. Chern., 12:3411, 2004; McDonnell et al, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 14:531, 2004; Ryu et al, Bioorg. Med. Chefn.
Lett., 14:1751, 2004; Rami et al, Bioorg. Med. Chern. Lett., 14:3631, 2004; Gunthorpe et al, Neuroplzarrnacology 46:133, 2004;
Doherty et al, J Med. Chern., 48:71, 2005), but these reports provide no evidence for in vivo efficacy. A
high affinity antagonist has been derived from the potent agonist resiniferatoxin; iodo-resiniferatoxin (Wahl et al., Mol. Pharrnacol., 59:9, 2001) is a nanomolar antagonist of VRl but does not possess properties suitable for an oral pharmaceutical. This last is also true of the inicromolar peptoid antagonists described by Garcia-Martinez (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA, 99:2374, 2002).
EP-A-0807633, EP-A-0900799, WO 98/38187 and WO 98/38173 disclose structurally related AMPA receptor antagonists for treating neurodegenerative and CNS-trauma related conditions.
WO-A-9733890 discloses structurally related compounds as pesticides.
US 3,939,161 describes 1,3-dimethyl-lH-pyrazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidine-7(6H)-ones as exliibiting CNS, anti-inflammatory and gastric antisecretory activity.
WO 02/26718 discloses structurally related bicyclic pyrimidin-4-ones as inhibitors of Factor Xa, for treating tlirombosis conditions.

3 discloses structurally related compounds as immunoregulators and anticancer agents.
BE-B-769844 describes structurally related compounds for disorders such as inflammation.
WO 04/037176 describes structurally related compounds as inhibitors of Factor Xa, for treating thromboembolic disorders.
The compounds of the present invention have advantageous properties, such as good in vivo efficacy.
The compounds of the present invention unexpectedly show improved pharmacokinetic properties, such as improved metabolic stability.
We herein describe another novel series of VR1 modulators. These comprise predominantly VR1 antagonists but encompass VRl partial antagonists and VR1 partial agonists.
Such compounds have been shown to be efficacious in animal models of pain.
The use of a compound of fonnula (I):
O
N~Z

A I I
N~~ (CRV)n(CH=CH)V(O)p(NR3)qY
(I) wherein:
A is a benzene ring, a fused five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoins independently chosen from 0, N and S, providing that no more than one 0 or S
atom is present, or a fused six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing 1, 2 or 3 N atoms;
A is optionally substituted by one, two or three groups independently chosen from halogen, hydroxy, S(O)rCl_dalkyl, S(O)rNR4R5, -NRXS(O)rC1_4alkyl, formyl, C14alkylcarbonyl, Cl_6alkyl, haloC1_6alkyl, hydroxyC1_6alkyl, Cl_6alkoxy, haloC1_6alkoxy, hydroxyCl_6alkoxy, C3_7cycloalkyl, C3_ 7cycloalkoxy, C2_6alkenyl, C2_6alkynyl, amino, nitro, cyano, C1_6alkylamino, di(CI_Galkyl)amino, aminoCl_Galkyl, aminoC1_6alkoxy, C1_6alkylaminoC1_6alkyl, di(C1_6alkyl)aminoC1_6alkyl; and a ring selected from phenyl, naphthyl, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independently chosen from 0, N or S, at most one heteroatom being 0 or S, and a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two or three N atoms, the ring being optionally substituted by halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, NR.4R5 as defined below, Cl_6alkyl, C2_6alkenyl, C2_6alkynyl, haloCl_6alkyl, Cl_6alkoxy, haloC1_6alkoxy, C3_7cycloalkyl or hydroxyCl_6alkyl;
R' and RZ are independently hydrogen, hydroxy, halogen, C1_6alkyl or haloCl_6alkyl, or R' and RZ
together form an oxo group;
R3 is hydrogen or C1_6alkyl;

each R4 and RS is independently hydrogen or C1_6alkyl or R4 and R5, together with the nitrogen atom to wliich they are attached, may form a saturated 4-7 membered ring;
RX is hydrogen or C1_6alkyl;
n is zero, one, two, three or four;
v is zero or one;
p and q are both zero or one of p and q is zero and the otlier is one, provided that when n and v are zero then p and q are both zero;
r is zero, one or two;
Y is C1_6alkyl, C2_6alkenyl, haloC1_6alkyl, hydroxyCl_6alkyl, aminoC1_6alkyl, carboxyC1_6alkyl; or a C3_7cycloalkyl ring; a phenyl ring; a benzoyl ring; a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independently chosen from 0, N and S, at most one heteroatom being 0 or S; a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two or three N atoms; an 8 to 10-membered fused bicyclic partially saturated ring containing a C5_6cycloalkyl ring, a five or a six-membered saturated ring containing one or two heteroatoms independently selected from 0, N and S, the ring fused to either a phenyl ring, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined or a six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined; a six-inembered saturated ring containing one or two heteroatoms independently selected from 0, N and S; a 8 to 10 membered fused bicyclic heteroaromatic ring containing a phenyl ring, a five or six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined, the ring fused to either a five or six membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined; any of which rings being optionally substituted by one or more groups independently chosen from halogen, C1_6alkyl, C2_6alkenyl, C2_6alkynyl, nitro, cyano, C3_7cycloalkyl, hydroxy, oxo, C1_6alkoxy, haloC1_6alkyl, haloC1.6alkoxy, hydroxyC1.6alkyl, hydroxyC1_6alkoxy, phenyl, an unsubstituted five-membered heteroaromatic ring as just described, a six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just described, a six-membered saturated ring as just described and NI4R5;
Z is a phenyl ring, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independently chosen from 0, N or S, at most one heteroatom being 0 or S, or a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two or three N atoms, optionally substituted by one or more groups independently chosen from halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, NR4R5 as defined above, S(O)rNR4R5, -NWS(O)rC1_6alkyl, S(O)rC1.4alkyl, C1_6alkyl, C2_6alkenyl, C2_6alkynyl, trifluoromethyl, C1_6alkoxy, haloC1_6alkoxy, C3_7cycloalkyl and hydroxyC1_6alkyl;
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or tautomer tliereof, for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of gout; irritable bowel syndrome; respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), chronic bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, asthma and rhinitis, including allergic rhinitis such as seasonal and perennial rliinitis, non-allergic rhinitis and cough; hot flushes;
hiccups; obesity; or gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
The present invention also provides a method for the treatment or prevention of of gout; irritable bowel syndrome; respiratory diseases such as clironic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), chronic bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, astluna and rhinitis, including allergic rhinitis such as seasonal and perennial rhinitis, non-allergic rhinitis and cough; hot flushes; hiccups; obesity; or gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD), which method comprises administration to a patient in need thereof of an effective amount of a compound of formula I or a composition comprising a compound of formula I.
Preferably, the compounds of formula I can be used for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), chronic bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, asthma and rhinitis, including allergic rhinitis such as seasonal and perennial rhinitis, non-allergic rhinitis and cough.
In one embodiment the compounds of formula I can be used for the treatment of cough.
In an embodiment of formula I, Y is C1_6alkyl, haloC1_6alkyl, hydroxyC1_6alkyl, aminoC1_6alkyl, carboxyC1_6alkyl; or a C3_7cycloalkyl ring, a phenyl ring, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independently chosen from 0, N and S, at most one heteroatom being O or S, a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two or three N
atoms, a nine- or ten-membered fused bicyclic heteroaromatic ring containing a phenyl ring or a six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined, fused to either a six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined or a five-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined, or a six-membered saturated ring containing one or two heteroatoms independently chosen from 0 and N, the ring being optionally substituted by one or more groups independently chosen from halogen, C1_6a1ky1, C2_6alkenyl, C2_6alkynyl, nitro, cyano, C3_7cycloalkyl, hydroxy, C1_6alkoxy, haloC1_6alkyl, haloC1_6alkoxy, hydroxyC1_6alkyl, hydroxyCl_6alkoxy, phenyl, an unsubstituted five-membered heteroaromatic ring as just described, a six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just described, a six-membered saturated ring as just described and NR4R5;
v is zero; and p and q are both zero or one of p and q is zero and the otlier is one, provided that when n is zero then p and q are both zero.
A is preferably a fused five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms independently chosen from 0, N and S, provided that'no more than one 0 or S
atom is present, or a fused six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing 1, 2 or 3 N atoms.
A is more preferably a fused five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms independently chosen from 0, N and S, provided that no more than one 0 or S
atom is present.
In one embodiment A is not a fused pyrazole ring.
In another embodiment A is fused pyridine, thiazole, iunidazole or thiophene ring.
In another embodiment A is not a fused thiophene ring.
Preferably A is a fused pyridine, thiazole or imidazole ring. More particularly A is a fused tliiazole or imidazole ring, especially an imidazole ring A is preferably unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, hydroxy, C3_5cycloalkyl, C1.4alkyl, haloCl4alkyl, Ci 4alkoxy, haloC14alkoxy or phenyl. More preferably A is unsubstituted or substituted by Cl-4alkyl, C3_5cycloalkyl or haloCl-4alkyl. Favourably A is unsubstituted or substituted by C14alkyl.
More particularly A is unsubstituted or substituted by methyl or ethyl.
Furtlter particular substituents on A are propyl, trifluoroethyl, cyclopropyl and difluoroethyl.

In an embodiment A is unsubstituted or substituted by methyl, ethyl, propyl, 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl, cyclopropyl or 2,2-difluoroethyl.
In another embodiment A is unsubstituted or substituted by methyl, ethyl, propyl, 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl or cyclopropyl.
Preferably A is unsubstituted or substituted by one or two groups. More particularly A is monosubstituted. In an embodiment A is unsubstituted or monosubstituted.
When A is substituted by a hydroxy group tautomerism may occur. For example when A is fused imidazole, tautomerism may occur to form an imidazolone.
In one embodiment Rl and Rz are independently hydrogen, hydroxy, halogen, C1_6alkyl or haloC1_6alkyl.
R' and Rz are independently preferably hydrogen or Cl4alkyl. Most particularly R' and W are both hydrogen.
hi an embodiment R' and Rz are independently selected from hydrogen, methyl and fluorine.
In an embodiment Rl is hydrogen and RZ is liydrogen or Cl_Galkyl, preferably liydrogen or methyl.
R3 is preferably hydrogen or C1_2alkyl. R3 may be hydrogen.
In an embodiment R3 is methyl.
In an embodiment each of R4 and RS is independently selected from hydrogen and C1_6alkyl.
Preferably n is zero, one, two or three.
In one embodiment n is not two.
In another embodiment n is not zero.
In an embodiment p is zero.
In an embodiment q is zero. In another embodiment q is one.
In one embodiment v is zero.
In an embodiment, when n is zero then v, p and q are zero and when v is one then n is not two.
In another einbodiment, n is zero or one and v is zero.
Y is preferably C1_6alkyl, haloC1_6alkyl, hydroxyC1_6alkyl, aminoC1_6alkyl, carboxyCl_6alkyl; or a C3_7cycloalkyl ring, a phenyl ring, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independently chosen from 0, N and S, at most one heteroatom being 0 or S, a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two or three N atoms, or a six-membered saturated ring containing one or two heteroatoms independently chosen from 0 and N, the ring being optionally substituted by one or more groups independently chosen from halogen, C1_6alkyl, C2_6alkenyl, C2_6alkynyl, nitro, cyano, C3_7cycloalkyl, liydroxy, Cl_6alkoxy, haloC1_6alkyl, haloCl_6alkoxy, hydroxyCl_6alkyl, hydroxyCl_Galkoxy, phenyl, an unsubstituted five-membered heteroaromatic ring as just described, a six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just described, a six-membered saturated ring as just described and NR4R5.
In an embodiment Z is optionally substituted phenyl, pyridinyl or tliiazolyl.
Z is preferably an optionally substituted phenyl or pyridinyl ring. More particularly Z is an optionally substituted phenyl.

Z is preferably unsubstituted or substituted by one or more substituents independently chosen from cyano, halogen, Cl 4alkyl, trifluoromethyl, C1_4alkoxy, haloCl_~alkoxy, amino, C14alkylamino and di(Ci-4alkyl)amino. A further preferred substituent is amide.
Particular substituents include chlorine, trifluoromethyl, cyano, methyl, fluorine, ethoxy, trifluoromethoxy, bromine, dimethylamino, methoxy and isopropoxy. A further particular substituent is amide.
A favoured substituent is halogen, especially fluorine and chlorine. A further favoured substituent is methyl.
In one embodiment Z is not substituted by trifluoromethyl.
Preferably Z is unsubstituted or substituted by one, two or three groups. More preferably Z is unsubstituted or substituted by one or two groups. Most particularly Z is monosubstituted.
Particular Z groups are fluorophenyl, chlorophenyl, difluorophenyl, (chloro)(fluoro)phenyl, (fluoro)(methyl)phenyl, phenyl, chlorothiazolyl, amidephenyl, cyanophenyl and (chloro)(methyl)phenyl.
Thus, specific Z groups are 4-fluorophenyl and 4-chlorophenyl. Further specific Z groups are 3,4-difluorophenyl, 4-chloro-3-fluorophenyl, 3-fluoro-4-methylphenyl and phenyl. Further specific Z
groups are 5-chloro-1,3-thiazol-2-yl, 4-amidephenyl, 4-cyanophenyl and 4-chloro-3-methylphenyl.
The present invention also provides the use of the compounds of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or tautomer thereof, wherein n, p, q, v, A, R1, R2, R3, Y and Z are as defined above, provided that:
(a) when n is two and v is zero or when n is zero and v is one; and p and q are zero then A is a fused imidazole;
(b) when A is a fused 1,3-dimethyl[4,5]pyrazole ring and Z is optionally substituted phenyl then (CR1R2)n(CH=CH),,(O)p(NR3)qY is not Cl-4alkyl, haloC1_4alkyl, morpholinomethyl, piperidinometliyl, methoxymethyl, N-methylpiperazinomethyl orp-chlorophenoxymethyl;
(c) when A is a fused [3,4]thiophene ring then (CR1Rz)n(CH=CH)õ(O)P(NR3)qY is not Cl_7alkyl; and (d) when A is a fused [3,4]thiophene ring then (CR1RZ)õ(CH=CH),,(O)p(NR3)qY1 is not pyridylvinyl;
for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of physiological disorders that may be ameliorated by modulating VR1 activity.
In an embodiment is provided the use of the compounds of formula (I), or a phannaceutically acceptable salt or tautomer thereof, wherein n, p, q, A, R', R2, R3, Y and Z
are as defined above and v is zero;
provided tliat:
(a) when n is two then A is a fused imidazole;
(b) when A is a fused 1,3-dimethyl[4,5]pyrazole ring and Z is optionally substituted phenyl then (CR1RZ)õ(CH=CH),(O)P(NR3)qY is not C14alkyl, haloCl4alkyl, morpholinomethyl, piperidinomethyl, methoxymethyl, N-methylpiperazinomethyl orp-chlorophenoxymethyl; and (c) when A is a fused [3,4]thiophene ring then (CR1R2)õ(CH=CH)"(O)p(NR3)qY 1S
not Cl-7alkyl.
Examples of physiological disorders that may be ameliorated by modulating VR1 activity include pain, such as chronic and acute pain; inflammation disorders; irritable bowel syndrome; urinary incontinence; respiratory diseases; hot flushes; gout; depression, hiccups, obesity and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
The preferences for formula (I) apply inutatis rizutandis.
In one embodiment, when n is two and p and q are both zero then Y is Cl.6alkyl, haloC1.6alkyl, hydroxyCl.6alkyl, aminoC1.6alkyl, carboxyC1.6alkyl, or an optionally substituted C3.7cycloalkyl ring or six-membered saturated ring containing one or two heteroatoms independently chosen from 0 and N, pyrid-3-yl, pyrid-4-yl or 3-fluorophenyl.
In one embodiment, when n is two and p and q are both zero then Y is haloC1_6alkyl, an optionally substituted C3_7cycloalkyl ring or 3-fluorophenyl.
In an embodiment when n is two and p and q are both zero then Y is 3-fluorophenyl, cyclohexyl or trifluoromethyl.
In another embodiment when n is two and p and q are both zero then Y is not 3-fluorophenyl.
The present invention also provides novel compounds of fonnula (IA):

O
e N~Z
A ( j\
N (CR1R2)n(CH=CH)'(O)p(NR3)qYl (IA) wherein:
A is a benzene ring, a fused five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms independently chosen from 0, N and S, providing that no more than one 0 or S
atom is present, or a fused six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing 1, 2 or 3 N atoms;
A is optionally substituted by one, two or three groups independently chosen from halogen, hydroxy, S(O)rC1.4alkyl, S(O)rNR4R5, -NR"S(O)rCl4alkyl, formyl, C1.4alkylcarbonyl, Cl.6all.yl, haloCl_Galkyl, hydroxyC1.6alkyl, Cl.6alkoxy, haloCl.Galkoxy, hydroxyC1.6alkoxy, C3.7cycloalkyl, C3.
7cycloalkoxy, C2.6alkenyl, C2_6alkynyl, amino, nitro, cyano, Cl.6alkylainino, di(Q_Galkyl)amino, aminoCl_6alkyl, aminoC1.6alkoxy, C1.6alkylaminoC1.6alkyl, di(Cl.6alkyl)aminoC1.6alkyl; and a phenyl, naphthyl, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independently chosen from 0, N or S, at most one heteroatom being 0 or S, and a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two or tliree N atoms, the ring being optionally substituted by halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, NR4R5 as defined below, C1_6alkyl, C2_6alkenyl, C2_6alkynyl, haloC1_6alkyl, Cl.Galkoxy, haloCl_Galkoxy, C3_7cycloalkyl or hydroxyC1_6alkyl, or R' and RZ
together form an oxo group;
R' and RZ are independently hydrogen, hydroxy, halogen, CI-6alkyl or haloC1_6alkyl, or Rl and R2 together form an oxo group;
R3 is hydrogen or C1_6alkyl;
each R4 and RS is independently hydrogen or CI-6alkyl or R4 and R5, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, may form a saturated 4-7 membered ring;
R" is hydrogen or Cl_6alkyl;
n is zero, one, two, three or four;
v is zero or one;
p and q are both zero or one of p and q is zero and the other is one, provided that when n and v are zero then p and q are botli zero;
r is zero, one or two;
Yl is C1_6alkyl, C2_6alkenyl, haloC1_6alkyl, hydroxyC1_6alkyl, aminoC1_6alkyl, carboxyC1_6alkyl; or a C3_7cycloalkyl ring; a phenyl ring; a benzoyl ring; a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independently chosen from 0, N and S, at most one heteroatom being 0 or S; a six-meinbered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two or three N atoms; a six-membered saturated ring containing one or two heteroatoms independently chosen from 0 and N; a 8 to 1 0-membered fused bicyclic partially saturated ring containing a C5_6cycloalkyl ring, a five or a six-membered saturated ring containing one or two heteroatoms independently selected from 0, N and S the ring fused to either a phenyl ring, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined or a six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined; or a 8 to 10 meinbered fused bicyclic heteroaromatic ring containing a phenyl ring, a five or six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined, the ring fused to either a five or six membered heteroaromatic ring as just defmed; any of which rings being optionally substituted by one or more groups independently chosen from halogen, C1_6alkyl, C2_6alkenyl, C2_6alkynyl, nitro, cyano, C3_7cycloalkyl, liydroxy, oxo, C1_6alkoxy, haloC1_6alkyl, phenyl, morpholino, haloC1_6alkoxy, hydroxyCl_6alkyl, hydroxyC1_6alkoxy and NR4R5, wherein each of R4 and RS are independently selected from hydrogen and C1_6alkyl;
Z is a phenyl ring, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independently chosen from 0, N or S, at most one heteroatom being 0 or S, or a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two or three N atoms, optionally substituted by one or more groups independently chosen from halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, NR4R5 as defined above, S(O)rNR4R5, -NR"S(O)rC1_6alkyl, S(O)rC1_4alkyl, Cl_6alkyl, C2_6alkenyl, C2_6alkynyl, trifluorometliyl, C1_6alkoxy, haloC1_6alkoxy,C3_7cycloalkyl and hydroxyCl_Galkyl;
provided that:
(a) wlien n is two and v is zero or when n is zero and v is one; and p and q are zero then A is a fused imidazole;

(b) when A is a fused 1,3-dimethyl[4,5]pyrazole ring and Z is an optionally substituted phenyl then (CR1R2),,(CH=CH)õ(O)P(NR3)qYl is not Cl-4alkyl, haloCi4alkyl, morpholinomethyl, piperidinomethyl, methoxymethyl, N-methylpiperazinometliyl or p-chlorophenoxymethyl;
(c) when A is a fused [3,4]thiophene ring then (CR1R2)õ(CH=CH)õ(O)P(NR3)qY1 is not Cl_7alkyl;
(d) when A is a fused benzene ring or a fused [3,2]thiophene or [3,2]furan ring; n, p, q and v are zero; Z is an optionally substituted phenyl or optionally substituted pyrid-2-yl ring; and Y' is a phenyl, furan, thiophene or pyridine ring; then the Y' ring is not substituted by NR4R5;
(e) when A is a fused [2,3]thiophene ring, Z is optionally substituted phenyl, and p, q and v are zero then Y' is not Cl_6alkyl or an optionally substituted phenyl, or an optionally substituted 5 or 6 membered heteroaromatic ring or an optionally substituted six-membered saturated ring linked via an N
heteroatom;
(f) when A is a fused [3,4]thiophene ring then (CR1R2)õ(CH=CH)v(O)p(NR3)qY1 is not pyridylvinyl;
(g) when A is a fused [3,2]thiophene ring and Z is an optionally substituted phenyl then (CR1R2)õ(CH=CH)V(O)p(NR3)qY1 is not methyl;
(h) when A is a fused benzene ring and Z is an optionally substituted phenyl then (CR1R2)õ(CH=CH)v(O)p(NR3)qY1 is not phenyl or biphenyl; and (i) when A is a fused [2,3]thiophene ring, n, v, p are zero, q is one and Z is an optionally substituted phenyl then Yl is not C1_6alkyl;
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or tautomer thereof.
In an embodiment is provided a compound of formula IA, wherein n, A, Rl, R2, R3, Z are as defmed above;
v is zero;
p and q are both zero or one of p and q is zero and the other is one, provided that when n is zero then p and q are both zero; and Yl is CI_6alkyl, haloC1_6alkyl, hydroxyC1_6alkyl, aminoC1_6alkyl, carboxyC1_6alkyl; or a C3_7cycloalkyl ring; a phenyl ring, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independently chosen from 0, N and S, at most one heteroatom being 0 or S, a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two or tliree N atoms or a six-membered saturated ring containing one or two heteroatoms independently chosen from 0 and N, the ring being optionally substituted by one or more groups independently chosen from halogen, C1_6alkyl, CZ_Galkenyl, C2_6alkynyl, nitro, cyano, C3_7cycloalkyl, liydroxy, Cl_6alkoxy, haloC1_6alkyl, haloCl_6alkoxy, hydroxyC1_6alkyl, hydroxyC1_6alkoxy, phenyl, an unsubstituted five-membered heteroaromatic ring as just described, a six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just described, a six-membered saturated ring as just described and NR4RS;
provided that:
(a) when when n is two then A is a fused imidazole;

(b) when A is a fused 1,3-dimethyl[4,5]pyrazole ring and Z is an optionally substituted phenyl then (CR1R2)õ(O)P(NR3)qY1 is not C1_4a1ky1, haloCl4alkyl, morpholinomethyl, piperidinomethyl, methoxymethyl, N-methylpiperazinomethyl or p-chlorophenoxymethyl;
(c) wlien A is a fused [3,4]thiophene ring then (CR1R2)õ(O)p(NR3)qY1 is not Cl_7alkyl;
(d) when A is a fused benzene ring or a fused [3,2]thiophene or [3,2]furan ring; n, p and q are zero; Z is an optionally substituted phenyl or optionally substituted pyrid-2-yl ring; and Yl is a phenyl, furan, thiophene or pyridine ring; then the Yl ring is not substituted by pyridin-4-yl or NR4R5;
and (e) when A is a fused [2,3]thiophene ring, n is 1 to 4, Z is optionally substituted phenyl, and p and q are both zero then Yl is not C1_6alkyl or an optionally substituted phenyl, or an optionally substituted 5 or 6 membered heteroaromatic ring or an optionally substituted six-membered saturated ring linked via an N heteroatom.
The favoured identities with reference to formula IA are as defined previously for formula I
mutatis mutandis.
In one embodiment when n is two and p and q are both zero then Y' is C1_6alkyl, haloC1_6alkyl, hydroxyC1_6alkyl, aininoC1_6alkyl, carboxyC1_6alkyl, or an optionally substituted C3_7cycloalkyl ring or six-membered saturated ring containing one or two heteroatoms independently chosen from 0 and N, or 3-fluorophenyl.
In one embodiment, when n is two and p and q are both zero then Y' is haloC1_6alkyl, an optionally substituted C3_7cycloalkyl ring or 3-fluorophenyl.
In an embodiment when n is two and p and q are both zero then Y' is 3-fluorophenyl, cyclohexyl or trifluoromethyl In another embodiment wlien n is two and p and q are both zero then Y' is not 3-fluorophenyl.
In another embodiment Y or Yl is CI_6alkyl, C2_6alkenyl, haloC1_6alkyl, hydroxyC1_6alkyl, aminoCl_6alkyl, carboxyC1_6alkyl; or a C3_7cycloalkyl ring; a benzoyl ring; a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independently chosen from 0, N and S, at most one heteroatoin being 0 or S; a six-meinbered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two or three N atoms; a six-membered saturated ring containing one or two heteroatoms independently chosen from 0 and N; a 8 to10-inembered fused bicyclic partially saturated ring containing a C5_6cycloalkyl ring, a five or a six-membered saturated ring containing one or two heteroatoms independently selected from 0, N
and S the ring fused to either a phenyl ring, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined or a six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined; or a 8 to 10 membered fused bicyclic heteroaromatic ring containing a phenyl ring, a five or six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined, the ring fused to either a five or six membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined; any of which rings being optionally substituted by one or more groups independently chosen from halogen, Cl_Galkyl, C2_6alkenyl, CZ_Galkynyl, nitro, cyano, C3_7cycloalkyl,l-ydroxy, oxo, C1_6alkoxy, haloC1_6alkyl, morpholino, haloCl_Galkoxy, hydroxyC1_6alkyl, hydroxyC1_6alkoxy and NR4R5, wherein each of R4 and RS are independently selected from hydrogen and C1_6alkyl.

Y or Yl is preferably C1_6alkyl, haloC1_6alkyl or a C3_7cycloalkyl ring, a phenyl ring, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independently chosen from 0, N and S, at most one heteroatom being 0 or S, or a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two or three N atoms, the ring being optionally substituted by one or more groups independently chosen from halogen, C1 4alkyl, hydroxy, Cl4alkoxy, haloCl4alkyl, phenyl, haloC1_4alkoxy and NR4R5 where R4 and R5 are independently C14alkyl or, Rd and R5, togetlier with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a 5 or 6 membered saturated ring.
More particularly, Y or Y' is C1_4alkyl, haloCl4alkyl, a C3_7cycloalkyl ring, a phenyl ring or a five membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independently chosen from 0, N and S, providing that no more than one 0 or S atom is present, the ring being optionally substituted by one or more groups independently selected from halogen, Cl4alkyl and haloCl4alkyl.
Favourably Y or Yl is haloCl4alkyl, a C3_7cycloalkyl ring or a phenyl ring optionally substituted by one or more groups independently selected from halogen and haloCl4alkyl.
In an embodiment Y or Yl is Cl_6alkyl, haloC1_6alkyl, C2_6alkenyl or an optionally substituted ring selected from cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl, pyridinyl, tliiazolyl, oxadiazolyl, tetrahydrobenzothiazolyl, benzoyl, tetrahydronaphthalenyl, oxazolyl, dihydrobenzofuranyl, benzofuranyl, tetrahydrothiopyranyl, dihydroindenyl, benzotliiazolyl, dihydrochromenyl, benzoxazolyl, benzofuranyl and benzothienyl.
In an embodiment the optional substituents on the Y or Y' ring are selected from halogen, haloCl_ 4alkyl, C1_4alkyl, morpholino, cyano, phenyl, C1_4alkoxy and oxo.
Particular optional substituents on the Y or Y' ring are selected from fluorine, trifluoromethyl, methyl, morpholino, ethyl, cyano, phenyl, chlorine, methoxy, bromine, oxo, isopropyl and tertbutyl.
Preferably when Y or Yl is a ring, the ring is unsubstituted or substituted by one, two or three groups. More preferably the ring is unsubstituted or substituted by one or two groups. Most particularly the ring is unsubstituted or monosubstituted.
Favoured substituents on the Y or Y' ring are halogen, haloC1_4alkyl and C1_4alkyl. More particular substituents on the Y or Y' ring are fluorine, trifluoromethyl and methyl.
Thus, favoured Y or Yl groups are trifluoromethyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl, fluorophenyl and trifluoromethylphenyl. Further favoured Y or Yl groups are propyl, butyl, cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl, heptafluoropropyl, (trifluoromethyl)pyridinyl, (trifluoromethyl)thiazolyl and methyloxadiazolyl. Further favoured Y or Yl groups are (trifluoromethyl)tetrahydrobenzothiazolyl, trifluorophenyl, morpholinopyridinyl, etliylpyridinyl, cyanophenyl, fluorobenzoyl, difluorophenyl, tetraliydronaphthalenyl, ethylthiazolyl, (methyl)(phenyl)oxazolyl, (methyl)(phenyl)thiazolyl, phenylthiazolyl, chloropyridinyl, difluorocyclohexyl, diliydrobenzofuranyl, benzofuranyl, diinethylthiazolyl, chlorophenyl, methylphenyl, methoxyphenyl, broinophenyl, metliylphenyl, tetraliydrothiopyranyl, oxocyclohexyl, methyl, (chloro)(fluoro)phenyl, dichlorophenyl, (fluoro)dihydroindenyl, (chloro)difluorophenyl, dihydroindenyl, difluoro(methyl)phenyl, (trifluoromethyl)dihydroindenyl, benzothiazolyl, dihydrochromenyl, benzoxazolyl, vinyl, isopropylcyclohexyl, tertbutylcyclohexyl, (trifluoromethyl)cyclohexyl, chloromethyl, benzofuranyl, benzothienyl and methylbenzothienyl.
Specific Y or Y' groups are trifluoromethyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl, 3-fluorophenyl and 3-trifluoromethylphenyl. Furtlier specific Y or Yl groups are iso-propyl, tert-butyl, cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl, 1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoroprop-2-yl, 5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-3-yl, 2-(trifluoromethyl)-1,3-thiazol-4-yl and 4-methyl-1,2,5-oxadiazol-3-yl. Further specific Y or Yl groups are 2-(trifluoromethyl)-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1,3-benzothiazol-5-yl, 2,4,6-trifluorophenyl, 6-inorpholinopyridin-3-yl, 6-ethylpyridin-3-yl, 3-cyanophenyl, 3-fluorobenzoyl, 2,3-difluorophenyl, 3,5-difluorophenyl, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaplithalen-2-yl, 2,4-difluorophenyl, 2-ethyl-1,3-thiazol-4-yl, 5-methyl-2-phenyl-1,3-oxazol-4-yl, 5-methyl-2-phenyl-1,3-thiazol-4-yl, 2-phenyl-1,3-thiazol-4-yl, 2-chloropyridin-4-yl, 2,6-difluorophenyl, 3,4-difluorophenyl, 4,4-difluorocyclohexyl, 2,3-diliydro-l-benzofuran-2-yl, 1-benzofuran-2-yl, 2,3-dihydro-l-benzofuran-3-yl, 2,5-dimethyl-1,3-thiazol-4-yl, 3-chlorophenyl, 3-inethylphenyl, 3-methoxyphenyl, 3-bromophenyl, 2-fluorophenyl, 4-fluorophenyl, 2-chlorophenyl, 2,5-difluorophenyl, 3,4,5-trifluorophenyl, 2-trifluoromethylphenyl, 4-metliylcyclohexyl, tetrahydro-2H-thiopyran-4-yl, 4-oxocyclohexyl, methyl, 4-chloro-2-fluorophenyl, 2-chloro-4-fluorophenyl, 3-chloro-2-fluorophenyl, 2,4,5-trifluorophenyl, 2,4-dichlorophenyl, 3,4-dichlorophenyl, 2,3,6-trifluorophenyl, 2-chloro-6-fluorophenyl, 2,6-dichlorophenyl, 5-fluoro-2,3-dihydro-lH-inden-1-yl, 2-chloro-3,6-difluorophenyl, 2,3-dihydro-lH-inden-2-yl, 2,3,4-trifluorophenyl, 2,6-difluoro-3-methylphenyl, 3-chloro-2,6-difluorophenyl, 5-(trifluoromethyl)-2,3-dihydro-lH-inden-2-yl, 1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl, 3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-4-yl, 1,3-benzoxazol-2-yl, vinyl, 4-isopropylcyclohexyl, 4-tertbutylcyclohexyl, 4-(trifluoromethyl)cyclohexyl, chloromethyl, 1-benzofuran-2-yl, 1-benzothien-3-yl and 3-methyl-l-benzothien-2-yl.
In an embodiment Y' is not 3-fluorophenyl.
The present invention also provides compounds of formula (IAA):
O
G (R6)t B N

R7~ ~/\ 1 z 3 z D N (CR R )n(CH=CH)~,(O)P(NR )qY
(IAA) wherein:
B is S and D is C or one of B and D is N and the otlier N or S;
G is phenyl, pyridine or thiazole;
n is zero, one, two, tliree or four;
v is zero or one;

p and q are both zero or one of p and q is zero and the other is one, provided that when n and v are zero then p and q are both zero;
t is zero, one or two;
R' and RZ are independently hydrogen, Cl_6alkyl or halogen;
R3 is hydrogen or C1_6alkyl;
R6 is cyano, halogen, Cl 4alkyl, trifluoromethyl, C14alkoxy, haloC1_4alkoxy, amino, Cl 4alkylamino, di(C1_6alkyl)amino, amide, C1_4alkylamide or di(C1_6alkyl)amide;
R7 is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, C3_5cycloalkyl, C1_4alkyl, haloCl_dalkyl, C1_4alkoxy or haloCl4alkoxy;
Y2 is C1_6alkyl, C2_6alkenyl, haloC1_6alkyl or a C3_7cycloalkyl ring; a phenyl ring; a benzoyl ring; a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independently chosen from 0, N and S, at most one heteroatoin being 0 or S; a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two or three N atoms; an 8 to10-membered fused bicyclic partially saturated ring containing a C5_6cycloalkyl ring, a five or a six-membered saturated ring containing one or two heteroatoms independently selected from 0, N and S, the ring fused to either a phenyl ring, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined or a six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined; a six-membered saturated ring containing one or two heteroatoms independently selected from 0, N and S; a 8 to 10 membered fused bicyclic heteroaromatic ring containing a phenyl ring, or a five or six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined, the ring fused to either a five or six membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined; any of which rings being optionally substituted by one or more groups independently chosen from halogen, Ci4alkyl, hydroxy, oxo, C1_4alkoxy, haloCl_4alkyl, cyano, phenyl, haloCi4alkoxy, morpholino and NR4R5 where R4 and RS are independently hydrogen or C1_4alkyl or, R4 and R5, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a 5 or 6 membered saturated ring;
provided that:
(a) when B is S and D is C; n, p, q and v are zero; G is phenyl or pyrid-2-yl ring; and Y2 is a phenyl, furan, thiophene or pyridine ring; then the Y2 ring is not substituted by NWRS;
(b) when B is S and D is C and G is phenyl then (CR1R2)n(CH=CH),(O)p(NR3)QY2 is not methyl;
(c) when n is two and v is zero or when n is zero and v is one; and p and q are zero then one of B and D is N and the other N or S;
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or tautomer thereof.
In an embodiment one of B and D is N and the otlier N or S.
In an embodiment G is phenyl or 1,3-thiazol-2-yl.
In an embodiment each of Rl and RZ is independently selected from liydrogen, metliyl and fluorine.
In an embodiment R~ is cyano, halogen, C1_4alkyl or amide. Favoured R6 groups include cyano, fluorine, chlorine, methyl and amide.
The present invention also provides compounds of formula (11A):

O T
~ (R~)t B N

R7~ j i a 2 D N (CRR)Y
(IIA) wherein:
one of B and D is N and the other N or S;
T is C or N;
n is zero, one, two, three or four;
t is zero, one or two;
Rl and R2 are independently hydrogen or C1_6a1ky1;
R6 is cyano, halogen, C14alkyl, trifluoromethyl, C1_4alkoxy, haloCl-4alkoxy, amino, Cl4alkylamino or di(C1_6alkyl)amino;
W is lzydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, C3_5cycloalkyl, C14alkyl, haloCl4alkyl, Cl4alkoxy or haloC1_4alkoxy;
Y2 is C1_6alkyl, haloC1_6alkyl or a C3_7cycloalkyl ring, a phenyl ring, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independeiitly chosen from 0, N and S, at most one heteroatom being 0 or S, a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two or three N atoms, an 8 to 10-meinbered fused bicyclic partially saturated ring containing a C5_6cycloalkyl ring fused to either a phenyl ring, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined or a six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined, the ring being optionally substituted by one or more groups independently chosen from halogen, C1_4alkyl, hydroxy, Cl4alkoxy, haloCl-4alkyl, phenyl, haloC1_4alkoxy and NR4R5 where R4 and RS are independently C14alkyl or, R4 and R5, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a 5 or 6 membered saturated ring;
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or tautomer thereof.
The favoured identities with reference to formula IAA and IIA are as defined previously for formulae I and IA and described below for formula IB fiautatis fizutarzdis.
In one embodiinent is provided compounds of formula (1B):

O T
11 (R6)t B N

R7~ j\ a D N (CH2)nY
(113) wherein:
one of B and D is N and the other N or S;
TisCorN;
n is zero, one, two, or three;
t is zero, one or two;
R6 is cyano, halogen, C14alkyl, trifluoromethyl, C14alkoxy, haloCl4alkoxy, amino, C1.4alkylamino or di(C1_6alkyl)amino;
R7 is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, C3_5cycloalkyl, Cl.~alkyl, haloC1.4alkyl, Cl-4alkoxy or haloC1_4alkoxy;
Y2 is C1_6a1ky1, C2.6alkenyl, haloC1.6alkyl or a C3_7cycloalkyl ring; a phenyl ring; a benzoyl ring; a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independently chosen from 0, N and S, at most one heteroatom being 0 or S; a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two or three N atoms; an 8 tol0-membered fused bicyclic partially saturated ring containing a C5.6cycloalkyl ring, a five or a six-membered saturated ring containing one or two heteroatoms independently selected from 0, N and S, the ring fused to either a phenyl ring, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined or a six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined; a six-membered saturated ring containing one or two heteroatoms independently selected from 0, N and S; a 8 to 10 membered fused bicyclic heteroaromatic ring containing a phenyl ring, or a five or six-ineinbered heteroaromatic ring as just defined, the ring fused to either a five or six membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined; any of which rings being optionally substituted by one or more groups independently chosen from halogen, Cl 4alkyl, liydroxy, oxo, C14alkoxy, haloCl4alkyl, cyano, phenyl, haloC1.4alkoxy, morpholino and NR4R5 where R4 and RS are independently liydrogen or C14alkyl or, R4 and R5, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a 5 or 6 membered saturated ring;
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or tautomer tliereof.
In an embodiment of fonnula IB, YZ is C1.6alkyl, haloCl.6alkyl or a C3.7cycloalkyl ring, a phenyl ring, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independently chosen from 0, N and S, at most one heteroatom being 0 or S, a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two or three N atoms, an 8 to 10-membered fused bicyclic partially saturated ring containing a C5.6cycloalkyl ring fused to eitlier a phenyl ring, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined or a six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined, the ring being optionally substituted by one or more groups independently chosen from halogen, C14alkyl, hydroxy, C14alkoxy, haloCl4alkyl, phenyl, haloCl-4alkoxy and NR4R5 where R4 and RS are independently Cl-4alkyl or, R4 atld R5, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a 5 or 6 membered saturated ring.
In one embodiment B and D are both N.
In another embodiment B is N and D is S.
In an embodiment when B and D are both N then R7 is attached at D.
When one of B and D is N and the other S then R7 is attached at the carbon ring atom.
In an embodiment T is C.
In one embodiment n is not two.
In another embodiment n is not zero.
Preferably t is one or two. In one embodiment t is one.
In an einbodiment Rl and R2 are both hydrogen. In another embodiment R' is hydrogen and RZ is Cl_6alkyl, preferably methyl.
In an embodiment each of R4 and RS is independently selected from hydrogen and C1_6alkyl. In another embodiment each of W and RS is independently selected from C1_6alkyl.
In an embodiment R6 is substituted at the para position.
Preferably, R6 is cyano, C1_6alkyl or halogen. More particularly R6 is C1_6alkyl or halogen, especially methyl, chlorine or fluorine.
In an embodiment, each R6 is independently cyano or halogen. More particularly R6 is halogen, especially chlorine or fluorine.
Preferably R7 is hydrogen, Cl_~alkyl, C3_5cycloalkyl or halo C1_4alkyl. More particularly R7 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl, 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl or cyclopropyl. A
further particular group is 2,2-difluoroethyl.
In an embodiment IC is C1_4alkyl, C3_5cycloalkyl or haloC1_4alkyl. More particularly le is Cl 4alkyl, especially methyl or ethyl.
In an embodiment Y2 is C1_6alkyl, haloC1_6alkyl, C2_6alkenyl or an optionally substituted ring selected from cyclopropyl, cylopentyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl, pyridinyl, thiazolyl, oxadiazolyl, tetrahydrobenzothiazolyl, benzoyl, tetrahydronaphthalenyl, oxazolyl, dihydrobenzofuranyl, benzofuranyl, tetrahydrothiopyranyl, dihydroindenyl, benzothiazolyl, dillydrochromenyl, benzoxazolyl, benzofuranyl and benzothienyl.
Preferably, Y2 is C1_6alkyl, haloC1_6alkyl, a ring selected from cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl, pyridinyl, thiazolyl, oxadiazolyl and tetrahydrobenzothiazolyl, the ring being optionally substituted by one or more groups independently chosen from halogen, C1 4alkyl, hydroxy, Cl_ 4alkoxy, haloCl_4alkyl, phenyl, haloCl4alkoxy and NR4R5.
In an embodiment the optional substituents on the Y2 ring are selected from halogen, haloC,_ 4alkyl, Cl_4alkyl, morpholino, cyano, phenyl, Ci4alkoxy and oxo.
Particular optional substituents on the Y2 ring are selected from fluorine, trifluorometliyl, inetliyl, morpholino, ethyl, cyano, phenyl, chlorine, methoxy, bromine, oxo, isopropyl and tertbutyl.

Favoured substituents on the Y2 ring are halogen, haloCl4alkyl and Cl-4alkyl.
More particular substituents on the Y2 ring are fluorine, trifluoromethyl and methyl.
Preferably Y2 is haloCl4alkyl, a C3_7cycloalkyl ring or a phenyl ring optionally substituted by one or more groups independently selected from halogen and haloCl4alk-yl.
Preferably when Y2 is a ring, the ring is unsubstituted or substituted by one, two or three groups.
More preferably the ring is unsubstituted or substituted by one or two groups.
Most particularly the ring is unsubstituted or monosubstituted.
Thus, favoured Y2 groups are trifluoromethyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl, fluorophenyl, trifluoroinethylphenyl, propyl, butyl, heptafluoropropyl, cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl, (trifluoromethyl)pyridinyl, (trifluoromethyl)thiazolyl, methyloxadiazolyl and (trifluoromethyl)tetrahydrobenzothiazolyl. Further favoured Y2 groups are trifluorophenyl, morpholinopyridinyl, ethylpyridinyl, cyanophenyl, fluorobenzoyl, difluorophenyl, tetrahydronaphthalenyl, ethylthiazolyl, (methyl)(phenyl)oxazolyl, (methyl)(phenyl)thiazolyl, phenylthiazolyl, chloropyridinyl, difluorocyclohexyl, dihydrobenzofuranyl, benzofuranyl, dimethylthiazolyl, chlorophenyl, methylphenyl, metlioxyphenyl, bromophenyl, methylphenyl, tetrahydrothiopyranyl, oxocyclohexyl, methyl, (chloro)(fluoro)phenyl, dichlorophenyl, (fluoro)dihydroindenyl, (chloro)difluorophenyl, dihydroindenyl, difluoro(methyl)phenyl, (trifluoromethyl)dihydroindenyl, benzothiazolyl, dihydrochromenyl, benzoxazolyl, vinyl, isopropylcyclohexyl, tertbutylcyclohexyl, (trifluoromethyl)cyclohexyl, chloromethyl, benzofuranyl, benzothienyl and methylbenzotliienyl.
Specific Y2 groups are trifluoromethyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl, 3-fluorophenyl, 3-trifluoromethylphenyl, iso-propyl, tert-butyl, 1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoroprop-2-yl, cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl, 5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-3-yl, 2-(trifluoromethyl)-1,3-thiazol-4-yl, 4-methyl-1,2,5-oxadiazol-3-yl and 2-(trifluoromethyl)-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1,3-benzothiazol-5-yl. Further specific YZ
groups are 2,4,6-trifluorophenyl, 6-morpholinopyridin-3-yl, 6-ethylpyridin-3-yl, 3-cyanophenyl, 3-fluorobenzoyl, 2,3-difluorophenyl, 3,5-difluorophenyl, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-yl, 2,4-difluorophenyl, 2-ethyl-1,3-thiazol-4-yl, 5-methyl-2-phenyl-1,3-oxazol-4-yl, 5-methyl-2-phenyl-1,3-thiazol-4-yl, 2-phenyl-1,3-thiazol-4-yl, 2-chloropyridin-4-yl, 2,6-difluorophenyl, 3,4-difluorophenyl, 4,4-difluorocyclohexyl, 2,3-dihydro-l-benzofuran-2-yl, 1-benzofuran-2-yl, 2,3-dihydro-l-benzofuran-3-yl, 2,5-dimethyl-1,3-tliiazol-4-yl, 3-chlorophenyl, 3-methylphenyl, 3-methoxyphenyl, 3-bromophenyl, 2-fluorophenyl, 4-fluorophenyl, 2-chlorophenyl, 2,5-difluorophenyl, 3,4,5-trifluorophenyl, 2-trifluorometliylphenyl, 4-methylcyclohexyl, tetrahydro-2H-thiopyran-4-yl, 4-oxocyclohexyl, methyl, 4-chloro-2-fluorophenyl, 2-chloro-4-fluorophenyl, 3-chloro-2-fluorophenyl, 2,4,5-trifluorophenyl, 2,4-dichlorophenyl, 3,4-dichlorophenyl, 2,3,6-trifluorophenyl, 2-chloro-6-fluorophenyl, 2,6-dichlorophenyl, 5-fluoro-2,3-dihydro-lH-inden-1-yl, 2-chloro-3,6-difluorophenyl, 2,3-dihydro-1H, inden-2-yl, 2,3,4-trifluorophenyl, 2,6-difluoro-3-methylphenyl, 3-chloro-2,6-difluorophenyl, 5-(trifluoromethyl)-2,3-dihydro-lH-inden-2-yl, 1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl, 3,4-dihydro-2H-chroinen-4-yl, 1,3-benzoxazol-2-yl, vinyl, 4-isopropylcyclohexyl, 4-tertbutylcyclohexyl, 4-(trifluoromethyl)cyclohexyl, chloromethyl, 1-benzofuran-2-yl, 1-benzothien-3-yl and 3-methyl-l-benzothien-2-yl.
In one embodiment wlien n is two then Yz is C1_6alkyl, haloC1_6a1ky1 or an optionally substituted C3_7cycloalkyl ring or 3-fluorophenyl;
In an embodiment Y2 is not 3-fluorophenyl.
The present invention also provides compounds of formula (IIB):
O ia (R6)t N N
~ j\
N N (CR1R2)nYz R
(IIB) wherein n, t, R1, RZ W, R7 and Y2 are as defined above;
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or tautomer thereof.
The present invention also provides compounds of formula (IC):
O ~
I / (R6)t N N
<0 N j\
7, N (CH2)nY2 R
(IC) wherein n, t, R6, R7 and YZ are as defined above;
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or tautomer thereof.
The favoured identities with reference to formulae IIB and IC are as defined previously for formulae I and IB inutatis fnutandis.
Particular embodiments of the invention include:
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-[2-(3-fluorophenyl)ethyl]-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluorobutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluorobutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(3,3,3 -trifluoropropyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2-cyclohexylethyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(3 -phenylpropyl)-1, 9-d ihydro-6H-purin-6-one;

9-inethyl-l-phenyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluorobutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
6-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-(4,4,4-trifluorobutyl)[ 1,3]thiazolo [5,4-d]pyrimidin-7(6H)-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(5,5,5-trifluoropentyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-[3,4,4,4-tetrafluoro-3 -(trifluoromethyl)butyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(3 -phenoxypropyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-[2-(trifluoromethyl)-1,3-thiazol-4-yl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluorobutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-cyclopropyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluorobutyl)- l, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(4,4,4-trifluorobutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluorobutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chloro-3 -fluorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluorobutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(4,4,4-trifluorobutyl)-9-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-propyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluorobutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6Fl-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-propyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluorobutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
9-ethyl- 1 -(3 -fluoro-4-methylphenyl)-2-(4,4,4-trifluorobutyl)- 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(4-methylpentyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-cyclohexyl-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(3 -methylbutyl)- 1,9-d ihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(3 -methylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
9-etliyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(3 -methylbutyl)- 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-tei=t-butyl-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2- { 2- [5 -(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-3 -yl] ethyl } -1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-[2-(trifluoromethyl)-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1,3-benzothiazol-5-yl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2-cyclopentylethyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2-cyclopropylethyl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-[(4-methyl-1,2,5-oxadiazol-3-yl)methyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-ehlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(1-methyl-2-[trifluoromethyl)-1,3 -thiazol-4-yl]
ethyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-l-methylbutyl)-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(5 -chloro-1,3 -thiazol-2-yl)-9-methyl-2-(2,4, 6-trifluorobenzyl)-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(2,4,6-trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-((6-inorpholinopyridin-3 -yl)methyl)-1 H-purin-6(9H)-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-((6-ethylpyridin-3 -yl)methyl)-1 H-purin-6(9H)one;
3 -((1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-6-oxo-6, 9-dihydro-1 H-purin-2-yl)methyl)benzonitrile 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(3 -fluorobenzoyl)-1 H-purin-6(9H)-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(1-(3-(trifluoroinethyl)phenyl)ethyl)-1H-purin-6(9H)-one;

1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-[3-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-cyclopropyl-2-(2,4,6-trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-cyclopropyl-2-(2,3 -difluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-cyclopropyl-2-(2, 4-difluorob enzyl)-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-cyclopropyl-2-(3,5-difluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-cyclopropyl-2-(5, 5, 5-trifluoropentyl)-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-cyclopropyl-2-(1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-yl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
6-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-(2,4,6-trifluorobenzyl)[ 1,3]thiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidin-7(6H)-one;
6-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-(2,3-difluorobenzyl)-[ 1,3]thiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidin-7(6H)-one;
6-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-(3,5-difluorobenzyl)[1,3]thiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidin-7(6H)-one;
6-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-(2,4-difluorobenzyl)[ 1,3]thiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidin-7(6H)-one;
6-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-(5,5,5-trifluoropentyl)[ 1,3 ]thiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidin-7(6H)-one;
6-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-(4,4,4-trifluoro-3-methylbutyl) [ 1,3]thiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidin-7(6H)-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(5, 5, 5-trifluoropentyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(2-ethyl-1,3 -thiazol-4-yl)methyl] - 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
6-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-(4,4,4-trifluoro-2-methylbutyl)[ 1,3 ]thiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidin-7(6H)-one;
6-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-(1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-yl)[ 1,3]thiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidin-7(6H)-one;
6-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-(cyclohexylmethyl) [ 1,3]thiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidin-7-(6H)-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(cyclohexylmethyl)-9-cyclopropyl-1 H-purin-6(9H)-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-[(5 -methyl-2-phenyl- 1,3 -oxazol-4-yl)methyl] -1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-[(5-methyl-2-phenyl-1,3 -thiazol-4-yl)methyl] -1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-[(2-phenyl-1, 3 -thiazol-4-yl)methyl]-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2-chloropyridin-4-yl)-9-ethyl- 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2- [fluoro(3 -fluorophenyl)methyl] -1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-[(2,6-difluorophenyl)(fluoro)methyl]-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-[(3,4-difluorophenyl)(fluoro)methyl]-9-ethyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-[(3,4-difluorophenyl)(difluoro)methyl]-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-[(4,4-difluorocyclohexyl)methyl]-9-ethyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2- [(4,4-difluorocyclohexyl)methyl]-9-methyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2- [ 1-(5-methyl-2-phenyl-1,3 -oxazol-4-yl)ethyl]-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-[ 1-(3,5-difluorophenyl)ethyl]-9-ethyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-[ 1-(2,6-difluorophenyl)ethyl]-9-ethyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-[2-(2,3-dihydro-l-benzofuran-2-yl)ethyl]-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-[(E)-2-(1-benzofuran-2-yl)vinyl]-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-1,9-diliydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,3 -dihydro-l-benzofuran-3 -ylmetltyl)-9-etliyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,3-dihydro-l-benzofuran-3-ylmethyl)-9-methyl-1,9-diliydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-[(2,5-dimethyl-1,3-thiazol-4-yl)methyl]-9-ethyl-1,9-diliydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(3 -chlorobenzyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin- 6-one;

1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(3 -methylbenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(3 -methoxybenzyl)-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(3 -bromobenzyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(1-phenylethyl)-1, 9-diliydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(2-fluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(4-fluorob enzyl)-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-ehlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-[ 1-(3 -fluorophenyl)ethyl]-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,3 -difluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(3,4-difluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(3,5-difluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-benzyl-l-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(2-chlorobenzyl)- 1 -(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl- 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,6-difluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,4-difluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,5 -difluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl- 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(3,4,5 -trifluorobenzyl)- 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-ehlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-[2-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl]-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(2,4,6-trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-diliydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(cyclohexylmethyl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(3,3,3 -trifluoro-2-methylpropyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-yl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-[(4-methylcyclohexyl)methyl]-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(tetrahydro-2H-thiopyran-4-ylmethyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-inethyl-2-(3,3,3-trifluoro-2-inethylpropyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-[(4-oxocyclohexyl)methyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-2-methylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-2-inethylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-yl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-yl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-2-methylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-2-methylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-cyclopropyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-2-methylbutyl)-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-3 -methylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-3 -inethylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(5,5,5-trifluoro-4-methylpentyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(5, 5, 5 -trifluoro-4-methylpentyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-3 -methylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-inethyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-3-methylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;

1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2, 6-difluorobenzyl)-9-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,6-difluorobenzyl)-9-(2,2-difluoroethyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-2-methylbutyl)-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-(2,2-difluoroethyl)-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-2-methylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(4-methylp entyl)-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-( 5, 5, 5-trifluoro-4-inethylp entyl)-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(5, 5, 5-trifluoro-4-methy lp entyl)-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,2-dimethylpropyl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,2-dimethylpropyl)-9-methyl-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(4-methylpentyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(4-methylpentyl)-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,2-dimethylbutyl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(2, 6-difluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(2,4, 6-trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(2,4-difluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl- 1 -(4-fluorophenyl)- 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(2,5-difluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-[2-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
9-ethyl-2-(2-fluorobenzyl)- 1-(4-fluorophenyl)- 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(3, 5-difluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(2-chlorobenzyl)-9-ethyl-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-[3 -(trifluoromethyl)benzyl] -1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,4-difluorobenzyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2, 5 -difluorobenzyl)-9-methyl-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,3 -difluorobenzyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2, 6-difluorobenzyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(3,5-difluorobenzyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(2, 3 -difluorob enzyl)-9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2- { 1-[3 -(trifluoromethyl)phenyl] ethyl } -1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-[ 1-(2,4,6-trifluorophenyl)ethyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2-fluorobenzyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(2-chlorobenzyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(4-chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)- 1 -(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl- 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(2-chloro-4-fluorobenzyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-inethyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(3 -chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-inethyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(2,4,5-trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(2-chloro-4-fluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(3 -chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,9-diliydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(4-chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl- 1 -(4-fluorophenyl)- 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;

2-(2,4-dichlorobenzyl)-9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(3,4-dichlorobenzyl)-9-ethyl-1 -(4-fluorophenyl)- 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
9-ethyl-1 -(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(2,3, 6-trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,4-dichlorobenzyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(3,4-dichlorobenzyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(2,3, 6-trifluorobenzyl)-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(2-chloro-4-fluorobenzyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-inethyl-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(4-chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)- 1 -(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl- 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(2,4-difluorob enzyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-metliyl-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(2,3-difluorobenzyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(4-chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)-3 -(4-chlorophenyl)thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one;
2-(2-chloro-6-fluorobenzyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2, 6-dichlorob enzyl)-9-methyl-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6 -one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(5-fluoro-2,3 -dihydro-1 H-inden-l-yl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(2-chloro-4-fluorobenzyl)-3-(4-chlorophenyl)thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one;
2-(4-chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)-3 -(4-chlorophenyl)-7-inethylthieno [3,2-d]pyrimidin-4(3 H)-one;
2-(4-chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)-1-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(2-chloro-4-fluorobenzyl)-1-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(2,4-dichlorobenzyl)-1-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
4-[2-(2-chloro-4-fluorobenzyl)-9-methyl-6-oxo-6,9-dihydro-lH-purin-1-yl]benzainide;
2-(2, 6-dichlorob enzyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(2,4-dichlorobenzyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
4-[2-(2-chloro-4-fluorobenzyl)-9-methyl-6-oxo-6,9-dihydro-lH-purin-1-yl]benzonitrile;
2-(2, 3 -difluorobenzyl)-1-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-9-inethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(2,4-difluorobenzyl)-1-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(2,4, 6-trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
4-[2-(4-chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)-9-methyl-6-oxo-6,9-dihydro-1 H-purin-1-yl]benzonitrile;
4-[2-(2,4-difluorobenzyl)-9-methyl-6-oxo-6,9-dihydro-1 H-purin-l-yl]
benzonitrile;
4-[2-(2,3-difluorobenzyl)-9-methyl-6-oxo-6,9-dihydro-1H-purin-l-yl]benzonitrile;
1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(2,4,6-trifluorobenzyl)- 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1 -(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(2,3, 6-trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(2-chloro-3, 6-difluorobenzyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
3 -(4-chlorophenyl)-7-methyl-2-(2,4,6-trifluorobenzyl)thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one;
2-(2-chloro-3,6-difluorobenzyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(2-chloro-3,6-difluorobenzyl)-1-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-9-methyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(2,3 -dihydro-1 H-inden-2-yl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(2,3,4-trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,6-difluoro-3 -methylbenzyl)-9-methyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;

2-(3 -chloro-2, 6-difluorob enzyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(2, 6-difluoro-3 -methylb enzyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(3 -chloro-2,6-difluorobenzyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
4- [9-methyl-6-oxo-2-(2,4,6-trifluorobenzyl)-6,9-dihydro-1 H-purin-1-yl]benzonitrile;
1-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-isopropyl-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-isopropyl-9-methyl-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1 =.(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-isopropyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(2,3,4-trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chloro-3 -fluorophenyl)-2-(2,4-difluorobenzyl)-9-methyl-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chloro-3-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(2,4,6-trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chloro-3-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(2,3,6-trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chloro-3 -fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(2,3,4-trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(4-chloro-2-fluorob enzyl)-1-(4-chloro-3 -fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;.
2-(2-chloro-4-fluorobenzyl)-1-(4-chloro-3 -fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chloro-3-methylphenyl)-2-(2,4-difluorobenzyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(4-chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)-1-(4-chloro-3 -methylphenyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(2-chloro-4-fluorob enzyl)-1-(4-chloro-3 -methylphenyl)-9-methyl-1, 9-dihydro-6 H-purin-6 -one;
1-(4-chloro-3 -methylphenyl)-9-methyl-2-(2,4,6-trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chloro-3 -methylphenyl)-9-methyl-2-(2, 3,4-trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chloro-3 -methylphenyl)-9-methyl-2-(2, 3, 6-trifluorobenzyl)-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
3 -(4-chlorophenyl)-7-methyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluorobutyl)thieno [3,2-d]pyrimidin-4(3 H)-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,3 -dihydro-1 H-inden-2-yl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,3 -dihydro-1 H-inden-2-yl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-2-(2,3 -dihydro-1 H-inden-2-yl)-9-methyl-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-[5-(trifluoromethyl)-2,3-dihydro-1 H-inden-2-yl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-[2-(1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)ethyl]-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-[2-(1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)ethyl]-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2- [5-(trifluoromethyl)-2, 3 -dihydro-1 H-inden-2-yl] -1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-[5-(trifluoromethyl)-2,3-dihydro-lH-inden-2-yl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-[2-(1,3-benzoxazol-2-yl)ethyl]-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-4-yl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-[2-(1,3-benzoxazol-2-yl)ethyl]-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-inethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]-9-ethyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-4-yl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-vinyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;

1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,2-dimethylbutyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(3,3 -dimethylbutyl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(3, 3 -dimethylbutyl)-9-methyl-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-(2,2-difluoroethyl)-2-(3,3,3 -trifluoro-2-methylpropyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-(2,2-difluoroethyl)-2-(4,4,4-trifluorobutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-(2,2-difluoroethyl)-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-3 -methylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-(2,2-difluoroethyl)-2-(5,5,5-trifluoropentyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)-2-(3, 3,3 -trifluoro-2-methylpropyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-3 -inethylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)-2-(5, 5, 5-trifluoropentyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
9-(2,2-difluoroethyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-2-methylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
9-(2,2-difluoroethyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-3 -methylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
9-(2,2-difluoroethyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(5, 5,5-trifluoropentyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(4-methylcyclohexyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(4-isopropylcyclohexyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(4-tert-butylcyclohexyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-[4-(trifluoromethyl)cyclohexyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(4,4-difluorocyclohexyl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
9-etliyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-[4-(trifluoromethyl)cyclohexyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-[4-(trifluoromethyl)cyclohexyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-[4-(trifluoromethyl)cyclohexyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
4-[9-inethyl-6-oxo-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-3-methylbutyl)-6,9-dihydro-1 H-purin-1-yl]benzonitrile;
4- [9-methyl-6-oxo-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-2-methylbutyl)-6, 9-dihydro-1 H-purin-1-yl] benzonitrile;
2-(2-chloroethyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-[2-(2, 3 -dihydro-l-benzofuran-2-yl)ethyl]-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2- [2-(2, 3 -dihydro-l-benzofuran-2-yl)ethyl]-9-methyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-[(E)-2-(1-benzofuran-2-yl)vinyl]-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(1-benzothien-3-ylmethyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
2-(1-benzothien-3-ylmethyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(3-chloropropyl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-[(3 -inethyl-l-benzothien-2-yl)methyl]-1,9-diliydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-[(3-methyl-l-benzothien-2-yl)metliyl]-1,9-diliydro-6H-purin-6-one;
9-etliyl-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-[5-(trifluoromethyl)-2,3 -dihydro-1 H-inden-2-yl] - 1,9-diliydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,3-dihydro-1-benzofuran-3-yhnetliyl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,3 -dihydro-l-benzofuran-3 -ylmethyl)-9-methyl-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;

1-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-[5-(trifluoromethyl)-2,3 -dihydro-1 H-inden-2-yl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one;
and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and tautomers thereof.
As used herein, the term "alkyl" or "alkoxy" as a group or part of a group means that the group is straight or branched. Examples of suitable alkyl groups include methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, i-propyl, n-butyl, s-butyl and t-butyl. Examples of suitable alkoxy groups include methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy, i-propoxy, n-butoxy, s-butoxy and t-butoxy.
As used herein, the terms "haloC1_6alkyl" and "haloCl_6alkoxy" means a C1_6alkyl or C1_6alkoxy group in which one or more (in particular, 1 to 3) hydrogen atoms have been replaced by halogen atoms, especially fluorine or chlorine atoms. Preferred are fluoroC1_6alkyl and fluoroC1.6alkoxy groups, in particular, fluoroC1_3alkyl and fluoroC1_3alkoxy groups, for example, CF3, CH2F, CHF2, CH2CH2F, CHZCHF2, CH2CF3, OCF3, OCH2CH2F, OCHZCHF2 or OCH2CF3, and most especially CF3 and OCF3. A
further preferred group is chloroC1_6alkyl, for example CC13, CH2C1, CHC12, CH2CH2C1, CH2CHC12, CH2CC13, especially CH2C1.
The cycloalkyl groups referred to herein may represent, for example, cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl. Such groups also include, for example, cyclopropylmethyl and cyclohexylmetliyl.
As used herein, the terms "alkenyl" and "alkynyl" as a group or part of a group means that the group is straight or branched. Examples of suitable alkenyl groups include vinyl and allyl. A suitable alkynyl group is acetylene or propargyl.
When used herein, the term "halogen" means fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine. The most preferred halogens are fluorine and chlorine, especially chlorine.
Examples of 6-meinbered saturated rings are morpholine, piperidine and piperazine. A further saturated ring is tetrahydrothiopyranyl.
Examples of 6-membered heteroaromatic rings are pyridine, pyrimidine, pyrazine, pyridazine and triazine.
Examples of 5-membered heteroaromatic rings are thiophene, furan, pyrrole, imidazole, pyrazole, oxazole, isoxazole, thiazole, isothiazole, 1,2,3-triazole, 1,2,4-triazole, oxadiazole, thiadiazole and tetrazole.
Examples of 9- or 10-membered fused bicyclic heteroaromatic rings include benzofuran, benzothiophene, benzimidazole, benzoxazole, benzotliiazole, benzisotliiazole, quinoline, isoquinoline and cinnoline.
Examples of 8 to 10 membered fused bicyclic partially saturated ring include tetrahydrobenzothiazolyl, tetraliydronaphthalenyl, dihydrobenzofuranyl, diliydroindenyl, and dihydrochromenyl.
An example of a 9-membered fused bicyclic partially saturated ring is tetrallydrobenzotliiazolyl.
In a further aspect of the present invention, the coinpounds of formula I, IA, IAA, IIA, IB, IIB, or IC may be prepared in the fonn of a phannaceutically acceptable salt, especially an acid addition salt.

For use in medicine, the salts of the compounds of formula I, IA, IAA, IIA, IB, IIB or IC will be non-toxic pharmaceutically acceptable salts. Other salts may, however, be useful in the preparation of the compounds according to the invention or of their non-toxic pharmaceutically acceptable salts. Suitable pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds of this invention include acid addition salts which may, for example, be formed by mixing a solution of the compound according to the invention with a solution of a pharmaceutically acceptable acid such as hydrochloric acid, fumaric acid, p-toluenesulphonic acid, maleic acid, succinic acid, acetic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, carbonic acid, phosphoric acid or sulphuric acid. A further salt is the acid addition salt with benzenesulfonic acid. Salts of ainine groups may also coinprise quaternary ainmonium salts in which the amino nitrogen atom carries a suitable organic group such as an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl or aralkyl moiety.
Furthermore, where the coinpounds of the invention cany an acidic moiety, suitable pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof may include metal salts such as alkali metal salts, e.g. sodium or potassium salts; and alkaline earth metal salts, e.g. calcium or magnesium salts.
The salts may be formed by conventional means, such as by reacting the free base form of the compound of formula I, IA, IAA, IIA, IB, IIB or IC with one or more equivalents of the appropriate acid in a solvent or medium in which the salt is insoluble, or in a solvent such as water which is removed in vacuo or by freeze drying or by exchanging the anions of an existing salt for another anion on a suitable ion exchange resin.
The present invention also includes within its scope N-oxides of the compounds of formula I, IA, IAA, IIA, IB, IIB or IC above. In general, such N-oxides may be formed on any available nitrogen atom.
The N-oxides may be formed by conventional means, such as reacting the compound of formula I, IA, IAA, IIA, IB, IIB or IC with Oxone in the presence of wet alumina.
The present invention includes within its scope prodrugs of the compounds of formula I, IA, IA.A, IIA, IB, IIB or IC above. In general, such prodrugs will be functional derivatives of the compounds of formula I, IA, IAA, IIA, IB, IIB or IC which are readily convertible in vivo into the required compound of formula I, IA, IAA, IIA, IB, IIB or IC. Conventional procedures for the selection and preparation of suitable prodrug derivatives are described, for example, in "Design of Prodrugs", ed. H. Bundgaard, Elsevier, 1985.
A prodrug may be a pharmacologically inactive derivative of a biologically active substance (the "parent drug" or "parent molecule") that requires transformation within the body in order to release the active drug, and that has improved delivery properties over the parent drug molecule. The transformation in vivo may be, for example, as the result of some metabolic process, such as chemical or enzymatic liydrolysis of a carboxylic, phosphoric or sulphate ester, or reduction or oxidation of a susceptible functionality.
The present invention includes witliin its scope solvates of the compounds of formula I, IA, IAA, IIA, IB, IIB or IC and salts tliereof, for exainple, liydrates.
The coinpounds according to the invention may have one or more asymmetric centres, and may accordingly exist both as enantiomers and as diastereoisomers. It is to be understood that all such isomers and mixtures thereof are encompassed within the scope of the present invention. Furthermore, the compounds of formula I, IA, IA.A, IIA, IB, IIB or IC may also exist in tautomeric forms and the invention includes within its scope both mixtures and separate individual tautomers.
The compounds may exist in different isomeric forms, all of which are encompassed by the present invention.
The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more compounds of formula I, IA, IAA, IIA, IB, IIB or IC in association with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient.
Preferably the compositions according to the invention are in unit dosage forms such as tablets, pills, capsules, powders, granules, sterile parenteral solutions or suspensions, metered aerosol or liquid sprays, drops, ampoules, auto-injector devices, suppositories, creams or gels;
for oral, parenteral, intrathecal, intranasal, sublingual, rectal or topical administration, or for administration by inhalation or insufflation. Oral compositions such as tablets, pills, capsules or wafers are particularly preferred. For preparing solid compositions such as tablets, the principal active ingredient is mixed with a pharmaceutical carrier, e.g. conventional tabletting ingredients such as corn starch, lactose, sucrose, sorbitol, talc, stearic acid, magnesium stearate, dicalcium phosphate or gums, and other pharmaceutical diluents, e.g. water, to form a solid pre-formulation composition containing a homogeneous mixture of a compound of the present invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. When refeiring to these pre-formulation compositions as homogeneous, it is meant that the active ingredient is dispersed evenly throughout the composition so that the composition may be readily subdivided into equally effective unit dosage forms such as tablets, pills and capsules. This solid pre-formulation composition is then subdivided into unit dosage forms of the type described above containing from 0.1 to about 500 mg of the active ingredient of the present invention. Favoured unit dosage forms contain from 1 to 500 mg, for example 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 300 or 500 mg, of the active ingredient. The tablets or pills of the novel composition can be coated or otherwise compounded to provide a dosage form affording the advantage of prolonged action. For example, the tablet or pill can comprise an inner dosage and an outer dosage component, the latter being in the form of an envelope over the former. The two components can be separated by an enteric layer that serves to resist disintegration in the stomach and permits the inner componeiit to pass intact into the duodenum or to be delayed in release. A
variety of materials can be used for such enteric layers or coatings, such materials including a number of polymeric acids and mixtures of polymeric acids with such materials as shellac, cetyl alcohol and cellulose acetate.
The liquid forins in whicli the novel compositions of the present invention may be incorporated for administration orally or by injection include aqueous solutions, suitably flavoured syrups, aqueous or oil suspensions, and flavoured emulsions with edible oils such as cottonseed oil, sesame oil, coconut oil or peanut oil, as well as elixirs and similar pharmaceutical vehicles.
Suitable dispersing or suspending agents for aqueous suspensions include synthetic and natural gums such as tragacanth, acacia, alginate, dextran, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, metliylcellulose, polyvinyl-pyrrolidone or gelatin.

In the treatment of painful conditions such as those listed below, a suitable dosage level is about 1.0 mg to 15 g per day, preferably about 5.0 mg to 1 g per day, more preferably about 5 mg to 500 mg per day, especially 10 mg to 100 mg per day. The compounds may be administered on a regimen of 1 to 4 times per day.
It will be appreciated that the amount of a compound of formula I required for use in any treatment will vary not only with the particular compounds or composition selected but also with the route of administration, the nature of the condition being treated, and the age and condition of the patient, and will ultimately be at the discretion of the attendant physician.
The invention furtlier provides a compound of formula I, IA, IAA, IIA, IB, IIB
or IC as defined above, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in treatment of the human or animal body.
Preferably, said treatment is for a condition which is susceptible to treatment by modulation (preferably antagonism) of VRl receptors.
The compounds of the present invention will be of use in the prevention or treatment of diseases and conditions in which pain and/or inflammation predominates, including chronic and acute pain conditions. Such conditions include rlieumatoid arthritis; osteoarthritis;
post-surgical pain; musculo-skeletal pain, particularly after trauma; spinal pain; inyofascial pain syndromes; headache, including migraine, acute or chronic tension headache, cluster headache, temporomandibular pain, and maxillary sinus pain; ear pain; episiotomy pain; burns, and especially primaiy liyperalgesia associated therewith;
deep and visceral pain, such as heart pain, muscle pain, eye pain, orofacial pain, for example, odontalgia, abdominal pain, gynaecological pain, for exainple, dysmenorrlioea, pain associated with cystitis and labour pain, chronic pelvic pain, chronic prostatitis and endometriosis; pain associated with nerve and root damage, such as pain associated with peripheral nerve disorders, for example, nerve entrapment and brachial plexus avulsions, amputation, for example stump pain and phantom limb pain, peripheral neuropathies, tic douloureux, atypical facial pain, nerve root damage, and arachnoiditis; itching conditions including pruritis, itch due to hemodialysis, contact dermatitis, vulvar vestibulitis, insect bites and skin allergies; pain (as well as broncho-constriction and inflammation) due to exposure (e.g. via ingestion, inhalation, or eye contact) of mucous membranes to capsaicin and related irritants such as tear gas, hot peppers or pepper spray; neuropathic pain conditions such as diabetic neuropathy, chemotherapy-induced neuropatliy, post-herpetic neuralgia, causalgia (reflex sympathetic dystrophy - RSD, secondary to injury of a peripheral nerve), neuritis (including sciatic neuritis, peripheral neuritis, polyneuritis, optic neuritis, postfebrile neuritis, migrating neuritis, segmental neuritis and Gombault's neuritis, neuronitis, neuralgias (including cervicobrachial neuralgia, cranial neuralgia, geniculate neuralgia, glossopharynigial neuralgia, migranous neuralgia, idiopathic neuralgia, intercostals neuralgia, mammary neuralgia, mandibular joint neuralgia, Morton's neuralgia, nasociliary neuralgia, occipital neuralgia, red neuralgia, Sluder's neuralgia, splenopalatine neuralgia, supraorbital neuralgia and vidian neuralgia), AIDS-related neuropathy and MS related neuropathy; "non-painful" neuropathies; oral neuropathic pain; complex regional pain syndromes; pain associated with carcinoma, often referred to as cancer pain; central nervous system pain, such as pain due to spinal cord or brain stem damage, low back pain, sciatica and ankylosing spondylitis; gout; scar pain; irritable bowel syndrome; inflammatory bowel disease; urinary incontinence (including overflow incontinence, urge incontinence and stress incontinence) including bladder detrusor hyper-reflexia and bladder hypersensitivity; respiratory diseases including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, asthma and rhinitis, including allergic rhinitis such as seasonal and perennial rhinitis, and non-allergic rhinitis and cough;
autoimmune diseases;
immunodeficiency disorders; hot flushes; postmastectoiny pain syndrome; dental pain, such as toothache and denture pain; reflex syinpathetic dystroplly; trigeminal neuralgia;
fibromyalgia; Guillain-Barre syndrome; meralgia paresthetica; burning-mouth syndrome; Charcot's pains;
intestinal gas pains;
menstrual pain; heinorrhoidal pain; dyspeptic pains; angina; homotopic and heterotopic pain; pain associated with venom exposure; other trauma associated pain such as pain from cuts, bruises, broken bones and burns); and carpel tuimel syndrome. The compounds of the present invention may also be used to treat depression, hiccups and obesity. They may also be used to treat gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD), particularly the pain associated with GERD. The compounds may also be used for the treatment or prevention of treatment and prevention of diabetes mellitus, including Type I diabetes (Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus), Typell diabetes (Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus), gestational diabetes, autoimmune diabetes, insulinopathies, diabetes due to pancreatic disease, diabetes associated with other endocrine diseases (such as Cushing's Syndrome, acromegaly, pheochromocytoma, glucagonoma, primary aldosteronism or somatostatinoma), Type A insulin resistance syndrome, Type B
insulin resistance syndrome, lipatrophic diabetes, and diabetes induced by (3-cell toxins).
Thus, according to a further aspect, the present invention provides a compound of fonnula I, IA, IAA, IIA, IB, IIB or IC for use in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of physiological disorders that may be ameliorated by modulating VRl activity.
The present invention also provides a method for the treatment or prevention of physiological disorders that may be ameliorated by modulating VRl activity, which method comprises administration to a patient in need thereof of an effective amount of a compound of formula I, IA, IAA, IIA, IB, IIB or IC or a composition comprising a compound of formula I, IA, IAA, IIA, IB, IIB
or IC.
According to a further or alternative aspect, the present invention provides a compound of formula I, IA, IAA, IIA, IB, IIB or IC for use in the manufacture of a inedicament for the treatment or prevention of a disease or condition in which pain and/or inflammation predominates.
The present invention also provides a method for the treatment or prevention of a disease or condition in which pain and/or inflammation predominates, which method comprises administration to a patient in need tliereof of an effective amount of a compound of formula I, IA, IAA, IIA, IB, IIB or IC or a composition comprising a compound of formula I, IA, IA.A, IIA, IB, IIB or IC.
According to a furtlier aspect of the present invention, it may be desirable to treat any of the aforementioned conditions witli a combination of a compound according to the present invention and one or more other pharmacologically active agents suitable for the treatment of the specific condition. The compound of formula I, IA, IAA, IIA, IB, IIB or IC and the other pharmacologically active agent(s) may be administered to a patient simultaneously, sequentially or in combination.

Thus, for example, for the treatment or prevention of pain and/or inflammation, a compound of the present invention may be used in conjunction with other analgesics, such as acetaminophen (paracetamol), aspirin and other NSAIDs, including selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors, as well as opioid analgesics, especially morphine, NR2B antagonists, bradykinin antagonists, anti-migraine agents, anticonvulsants such as oxcarbazepine and carbamazepine, antidepressants (such as TCAs, SSRIs, SNRIs, substance P antagonists, etc.), spinal blocks, gabapentin, pregabalin, astluna treatments (such as 92-adrenergic receptor agonists or leukotriene D4 antagonists (e.g.
montelukast), gold compounds, corticosteroids, methotrexate, tumor necrosis (TNF) receptor antagonists, anti-TNF alpha antibodies, anti-C5 antibodies and interluekin-1(1L-1) receptor antagonists..
Specific anti-inflammatory agents include diclofenac, ibuprofen, indomethacin, nabumetone, ketoprofen, naproxen, piroxicam and sulindac, etodolac, meloxicam, rofecoxib, celecoxib, etoricoxib, parecoxib, valdecoxib, tilicoxib, flurbiprofen, naproxen sodium, combinations of diclofenac sodium and misoprostol, oxaprozin, diflunisal, fenoprofen, calcium, sodium nabumetone, sulfasalazine, tolmetin sodium, hydroxychloroquine, acetylsalicylic acid, sodium salicylate, choline and magnesium salicylates, salsalate, cortisone, dexamethasone, inethylprednisolone, prednisolone, prednisolone sodium phosphate, prednisone and lumiracoxib. Suitable opioid analgesics of use in conjunction with a compound of the present invention include morphine, codeine, dihydrocodeine, diacetylmorphine, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, levorphanol, oxymorphone, alfentanil, buprenorphine, butorphanol, fentanyl, sufentanyl, meperidine, methadone, nalbuphine, propoxyphene, pentazocine, alphaprodine, anileridine, bezitramide, diacetyldihydromorphine, diphenoxylate, ethylmorphine, heroin, isomethadone, levomethorphan, levorphanol, metazocine, methorphan, metopon, opium extracts, opium fluid extracts, powdered opium, granulated opium, raw opium, tinbture of opium, oxycodone, paregoric, pethidine, phenazocine, piminodine, racemethorphan, racemorphan, thebaine, acetorphine, acetyldihydrocodeine, acetylmethadol, allylprodine, alphracetylmethadol, alphameprodine, alphamethadol, benzethidine, benzylmorphine, betacetylmethadol, betameprodine, betamethadol, betaprodine, clonitazene, codeine methylbroinide, codeine-N-oxide, cyprenorphine, desomorphine, dextromoramide, diampromide, dietliylthiambutene, dihydromorphine, dimenoxadol, dimepheptanol, dimethylthiamubutene, dioxaphetyl, butyrate, dipipanone, drotebanol, ethanol, ethylmetliylthiambutene, etonitazene, etorphine, etoxeridine, furethidine, hydromorphinol, hydroxypethidine, ketobemidone, levomoramide, levophenacylmorphan, methyldesorphine, metliyldihydromorphine, morpheridine, morphine metliylpromide, morphine methylsulfonate, morphine-N-oxide, myrophin, naloxone, nalbuyphine, naltyhexone, nicocodeine, nicomorphine, noracymethadol, norlevorphanol, nortnetliadone, normorphine, norpipanone, pentazocaine, phenadoxone, pl-enampromide, phenomorphan, phenoperidine, piritramide, pholcodine, proheptazoine, properidine, propiran, racemoramide, thebacon and trimeperidine; or a phannaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Suitable anti-migraine agents of use in conjunction witli a compound of the preseilt invention include CGRP-antagonists, ergotamines or 5-HTl agonists, especially sumatriptan, naratriptan, zohnatriptan or rizatriptan.

Thus, for example, for the treatment or prevention of cough, a compound of the present invention may be used in conjunction with other medication designed to treat this condition, such as antibiotics, anti-inflammatory agents, cystinyl leukotrienes, histamine antagonists, corticosteroids, opioids, NMDA
antagonists, proton pump inhibitors, nociceptin, neurokinin (NK1, NK2 and NK3) and bradykinin (BK1 and BK2) receptor antagonists, cannabinoids, blockers of Na+-dependent channels and large conductance Ca(2+)-dependent K+-channel activators. Specific agents include dexbrompheniramine plus pseudoephedrine, loratadine, oxymetazoline, ipratropium, albuterol, beclomethasone, morphine, codeine, pholcodeine and dextromethorphan.
Thus, for example, for the treatment or prevention of urinary incontinence, a compound of the present invention may be used in conjunction with other medication designed to treat this condition, such as estrogen replacement therapy, progesterone congeners, electrical stimulation, calcium channel blockers, antispasmodic agents, cholinergic antagonists, antimuscarinic drugs, tricyclic antidepressants, SNRIs, beta adrenoceptor agonists, phosphodiesterase inhibitors, potassium channel openers, nociceptin/orphanin FQ (OP4) agonists, neurokinin (NK1 and NK2) antagonists, P2X3 antagonists, "
musculotrophic dnigs and sacral neuromodulation. Specific agents include oxybutinin, einepronium, tolterodine, flavoxate, flurbiprofen, tolterodine, dicycloinine, propiverine, propantheline, dicyclomine, imipramine, doxepin, duloxetine and 1-deamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin.
Therefore, in a further aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pharmaceutical composition comprisiiig a compound of the present invention and an analgesic, together with at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient.
In a further or alternative aspect of the present invention, there is provided a product comprising a compound of the present invention and an analgesic as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in the treatment or prevention of a disease or condition in which pain and/or inflammation predominates.
Compounds of formula I can be prepared by reacting a compound of formula II:
O

N,Z
AH
NH
H
0 /CRIR2 )n(/CH=CH),(O)p(l~ 3 )qY
\ rn"1' (I1) wherein n, p, q, v, A, Rl, R2, R3, Y and Z are as defined above, with a cyclising agent such as phosphorus oxychloride, generally at a temperature of 1001 to 120 C. The reaction may also be carried out in a solvent or a mixture of solvents such as toluene at about 110 C or tetrahydrofuran at 65 C, or with a base such as sodium ethoxide in a solvent such as ethanol at room temperature to 50 C. Alternatively, a cyclising agent such as polyphosphoric acid (PPA) may be used, generally at about 150 C.

Compounds of formula II can be prepared by reacting a compound of formula III
with a compound of formula IV:

e AO
N (CR1R2)n(CH=CH),(O)p(NR3)qY Z-NH2 (III) (N) wherein n, p, q, v, A, R1, Rz, R3, Y and Z are as defined above. The reaction is generally carried out in the presence of a weak acid such as pivalic or acetic acid in a solvent such as toluene at a temperature of about 110 C.
Compounds of formula III can be prepared by reacting a compound of formula V:
O
e AORY

NH
OJ--' (CR1R)n(CH=CH),(O) p \~'~' /7~T~ 3 )9Y

(V) wherein n, p, q, v, A, Rl, RZ, R3 and Y are as defined above and RY is a C1_6alkyl group such as ethyl, with a cyclising agent such as phosphorous oxychloride, generally at about 100 to 120 C. The reaction may also be carried out in a solvent or mixture of solvents such as toluene at about 110 C or tetrahydrofuran at about 65 C, or with a base such as sodium ethoxide in a solvent such as ethanol at room temperature to 50 C.
Compounds of formula V can be prepared by reacting a compound of formula VI
witli a compound of fonnula VII:
O

ORY
e HO2C-(CR1R2)õ(CH=CH)JO)p(NR3)qY

(VI) (VII) wherein n, p, q, v, A, R', R2, R3, Y and RY are as defined above. The reaction is generally carried out in a solvent such as trimethylacetic anhydride at about 85 C. An amide coupling agent such as EDC or HATU may be used.
hi an alternative process, compounds of formula I wherein n, p, q and v are zero and Y is an aromatic ring (Ar) can be prepared by reacting a compound of formula VIII with a compound of formula IX:

N~'Z
A / 1 ArB(OH)2 N/\L

(VIII) (IX) wherein A and Z are as defined above, Ar is an aromatic ring as defined for Y
above and L is a leaving group such as chlorine. The reaction is generally carried out in a solvent such as tetrahydrofuran (THF) at about 150 C under pressure in a microwave reactor or at reflux.
Compounds of formula VIII wherein L is chlorine can be prepared by reacting a compound of foimula X:

N~'Z
A
N S
H

(X) wherein A and Z are as defmed above with a chlorinating agent such as POC13, generally at reflux.
Compounds of formula X can be prepared by reacting a compound of formula XI:

O
e AORZ

NH
SN~'Z
H

(XI) wherein A and Z are as defined above and Rz is a C1_6alkyl group such as etliyl, with a base such as potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide, generally in a solvent such as water at a temperature from about 50 to 80 C.
Compounds of formula XI can be prepared by reacting a compound of fonnula XII
with a compound of formula XIII:

O
e AORZ Z-NCS

(XII) (XIII) wherein A, Z and RZ are as defined above. The reaction is generally carried out in a solvent such as pyridine at about 45 C.
Alternatively, compounds of fonnula I wherein n is two and v is zero or n is zero and v is one;
and p and q are both zero and R' and RZ are both hydrogen can be prepared by hydrogenation of a compound of formula XIV:

N
A
N
Y
(XIV) wherein A and Y are as defined above, generally in the presence of catalysts such as palladium on carbon and in solvents such as methanol and ethyl acetate.

Compounds of formula XIV can be prepared by reacting a compound of formula VIII with a compound of formula XV:

Y
(XV) wherein Y is as defined above, generally in the presence of a catalyst such as copper(I)iodide and bis(triphenylphosphino)palladium(II)dichloride, in solvents such as triethylainine and N,N-dimetliylacetamide at a temperature of about 110 C.
Compounds of formula I can alternatively be prepared by reacting a compound of fonnula XVI
with a compound of formula VII:

JH
NNHZ

(XVI) wherein A and Z are as defmed above, generally in the presence of a cyclising agent such as polyphosphoric acid at a temperature of about 150 C.
Compounds of formula XVI can be prepared by reacting a compound of formula IV
with a compound of formula VI, generally in the presence of trimethylaluminium in a solveiit such as 1,2-dichloroethane at about 90 C to reflux.
Compounds of formula II can alternatively be prepared by reacting a compound of formula XVI
with a compound of formula VII. The reaction can be carried out in the presence of bis(2-oxo-3-oxazolidinyl)phosphinic chloride (BOP-Cl), a base such as N,N-di-isopropylethylamine(iPrNEt2), in a solvent such as dichloroethane (DCE) at a temperature of about 160 C.
Compounds of formula II can alternatively be prepared by reacting a compound of forinula XVI
with a compound of formula XVII:

Lz)~ (CR1Ra)n(CH=CH)v(O) p(NR3)qY
(XVII) wherein n, p, q, v, Rl, Rz, R3 and Y are as defined above and L2 is a halogen such as chlorine. The reaction can generally be carried out in the presence of a base such as i-PrNEt2, in a solvent such as THF
at about 100 C.
Compounds of formulae IA, IAA, IIA, IB, JIB and IC can be prepared by analogous methods as described above for formula I inutatis inutandis.
Where the synthesis of intermediates and starting materials is not described these compounds are commercially available or can be made from commercially available coinpounds by standard methods, or by extension from the Descriptions and Examples herein.
Compounds of formula I may be converted to other compounds of fonnula I by known methods or by methods described in the Descriptions and Exainples.
During any of the above syntlietic sequences it may be necessary and/or desirable to protect sensitive or reactive groups on any of the molecules concerned. This may be achieved by means of conventional protecting groups, such as those described in Protective Gf=oups in Organic Clzefnistry, ed.
J.F.W. McOmie, Plenum Press, 1973; and T.W. Greene and P.G.M. Wuts, Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis, John Wiley & Sons, 1991. The protecting groups may be removed at a convenient subsequent stage using methods known from the art.
The following Examples serve to illustrate the preparation of compounds of the present invention.
Description 1 Etliyl 5-amino-l-ethyl-lH-imidazole-4-carboxylate To a solution of ethyl 3-nitriloalaninate (Synthesis, 1996, 11, 1325; 25 g, 0.195 mol) in MeCN (400 ml) was added triethylorthoformate (32.5 ml, 28.9 g, 0.195 mol) and the resulting solution heated to 90 C.
After 70 min the solution was cooled to room temperature and a solution of ethylamine (2 M in tetrahydrofuran, 98 ml, 0.195 mol) added and the reaction stirred at RT for 18 h. The reaction was condensed in vacuo to a viscous oil then taken up in hydrochloric acid (1 N, 200 ml). The aqueous layer was washed with dichloromethane (2 x 200 ml, 1 x 100 ml). The aqueous layer was neutralised by the addition of solid sodium bicarbonate (-25 g) and then extracted with dichloromethane (5 x 200 ml). The organic layers were combined, dried over MgS04 and condensed in vacuo to give a brown/red solid residue. The residue was slurried in ethyl acetate (50 ml), filtered, and the solid rinsed with diethyl ether and dried to give ethyl5-amino-l-ethyl-1H-imidazole-4-carboxylate (13.0 g, 36 %). 1H NMR (360 MHz, CDC13) 8 7.05 (1H, s), 4.85 (2H, br. s), 4.34 (2H, q, J7), 3.79 (2H, q, J7), 1.43 (3H, t, J7), 1.39 (3H, t, J
7).

Description 2 1-(4-Chlorophenyl -9-ethyl-2-thioxo-1,2 3 9-tetrahydro-6H-purin-6-one hydrochloride Description 1 (0.62 g, 3.4 mmol) and 4-clilorophenyl isothiocyanate (0.58 g, 3.4 mmol) were stirred in pyridine (2 ml) at 45 C for 18 h. The suspension was cooled and diluted by the addition of ice. When the ice had melted the reaction was extracted into ethyl acetate. The organic layer was dried over MgS0~

and evaporated in vacuo to give a mixture of the symmetrical thiourea N,N-bis(4-chlorophenyl)thiourea and ethyl 5-({[(4-chlorophenyl)amino] carbonothioyl}amino)-1-ethyl-1H-imidazole-4-carboxylate (1.12 g). The solid was slurried in 1 % aqueous sodium liydroxide solution (20 ml) and heated at 90 C for 16 h. The reaction was filtered, the filtrate evaporated in vacuo, and the residue was diluted with methanol and loaded onto a strong cation exchange (SCX) cartridge. The cartridge was washed with methanol and dichloromethane and then the product eluted with 2 M methanolic ammonia. After drying, this gave the title compound (756 mg, 72 %). 'H NMR (4001VIHz, CD3OD) 6 7.76 (1 H, s), 7.43 (2 H, d, J 8.5), 7.13 (2 H, d, J 8.7), 4.16 (2 H, q, J 7.3), 1.45 (3 H, t, J 7.2); frz/z (ES+) 307, 309 (M+H+).

Description 3 2-Chloro-1 _(4-chlorophenyl -9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Description 2 (860 mg, 2.5 mmol) was suspended in a large excess of phosphbrous oxychloride (>20 eq) and heated to 135 'C for 36 h. The reaction mixture was cooled, evaporated in vacuo, and azeotroped twice with toluene. The resulting sticky brown oil was dissolved in dichloromethane then neutralised with sat. NaHCO3 (aq). The dichloromethane layer was dry loaded onto a silica flash column, eluting product with ethyl acetate/ dichloromethane (1:1) to give the title compound as a pale yellow solid (426 mg, 55 %). 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDC13) 8 7.79 (1 H, s), 7.52 (2 H, d, J 8.6), 7.21 (2 H, d, J 8.6), 4.23 (2 H, q, J7.3), 1.56 (3 H, t, J7.3); nz/z (ES) 309, 311 (M+H}).

Description 4 Ethy15-amino-l-methyl-1 H-imidazole-4-carboxylate To a solution of ethyl3-nitriloalaziinate (Synthesis, 1996, 11, 1325; 20 g, 0.156 mol) in MeCN (400 ml) was added triethylorthoformate (26 ml, 23.2 g, 0.156 mol) and the resulting solution heated to 90 C.
After 1 h the solution was cooled to room temperature and a solution of methylamine (8 M in ethanol, 20 ml, 0.156 mol) added and the reaction stirred at RT for 18 h. The reaction was condensed in vacuo to a viscous oil then taken up in hydrochloric acid (1 N, 180 ml). The aqueous layer was washed with dichloromethane (2 x 200 ml, 1 x 100 ml). The aqueous layer was neutralised by the addition of solid sodium bicarbonate (-20 g) and then extracted with dichloromethane (5 x 200 ml). The organic layers were combined, dried over MgSO4 and condensed in vacuo to give a brown/red solid residue. The residue was slurried in ethyl acetate (40 ml) with sonication, filtered, then the solid rinsed with etlier and dried to give ethyl5-amino-l-methyl-lH-imidazole-4-carboxylate (9.88 g, 37 %).
1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO) 8 7.08 (1 H, s), 5.94 (2 H, s), 4.15 (2 H, q, J7.1), 3.39 (3H, s), 1.24 (3 H, t, J7.1).

Description 5 1-(4-Chlorol2heLiyl)-9-methyl-2-thioxo-1 2 3 9-tetrahydro-6H-purin-6-one hydrochloride Description 4 (4.5 g, 26.6 mmol) and 4-chlorophenyl isothiocyanate (4.5 g, 26.6 mmol) were stirred in pyridine (22 ml) at 45 C for 18 h. The suspension was cooled and diluted by the addition of ice. When the ice had melted the reaction was filtered, the product rinsed with water and diethyl ether to give ethyl 5-({[(4-chlorophenyl)amino]carbonothioyl} amino)- 1-methyl- 1H-imidazole-4-carboxylate. The solid was slurried in 1 1o aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (150 ml) and heated at 80 C for 30 mins. The reaction was filtered to remove insoluble iunpurities and then acidified to pH
5 using hydrochloric acid (5 N), causing a thick white suspension to form. The mixture was aged for 30 minutes and filtered. The solid was rinsed with water then diethyl ether and dried to give the title compound as a white solid (5.28 g, 68 %). 'H NMR (360 MHz, DMSO) 8 7.58 (1 H, s), 7.37 (2 H, m), 7.06 (1 H, br. s), 6.96 (2 H, m), 3.54 (3 H, s); rn/z (ES) 293, 295 (M+W).

Description 6 2-Chloro-l-(4-chlorophenXl)-9-methyl-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from Description 5 according to the procedure outlined in Description 3.
1H NMR (3601V1Hz, DMSO) S 8.14 (1 H, s), 7.64 (2 H, d, J 8.6), 7.52 (2 H, d, J
8.6), 3.76 (3 H, s); in/z (ES) 295, 297 (M+H+).

Description 7 Ethyl 1-methyl-5-r(4,4,4-trifluorobutanoyl)amino]-1H-imidazole-4-carboxylate A mixture of Description 4(510 mg, 3.02 mmol), 4,4,4-trifluorobutanoic acid (1.73 g, 12.2 mmol) and trimethylacetic anhydride (4 ml) was heated at 85 C for 24h, after which time tlc indicated the reaction was complete. The mixture was cooled to room temperature, poured into ether (50 ml) and crystallisation was induced by scratching. The product was collected by filtration, washed with a small quantity of ether and dried to give the title compound as a pale brown solid (588 mg, 67 %). 1H
NMR (360 MHz, CDC13) S
8.27 (1 H, s), 7.34 (1 H, s), 4.36 (2 H, q, J7.1), 3.60 (3 H, s), 2.80-2.70 (2 H, app. t, J7.5), 2.62-2.52 (2 H, in), 1.39 (3 H, t, J7.1); nn/z (ES) 294 (M+H').

Description 8 3-Meth yl-5-(3,3,3-trifluoropropyl imidazo[4,5-d][1,3]oxazin-7(3 -one Description 7 (585 mg, 2.00 minol) was suspended in toluene (6 ml) and phosphorus oxychloride (373 L, mmol) was added. The mixture was then heated at reflux for 6h, after which time tlc indicated the reaction was complete. The mixture was cooled to room temperature, the toluene evaporated and the residue purified by flash column chromatography (eluant: 5 % MeOH in CHZC12) to give the title compound (325 mg, 66 %). 'H NMR (400 MHz, CDC13) S 7.72 (1 H, s), 3.78 (3 H, s), 3.03 (2 H, app. t, J
7.9), 2.74-2.62 (2 H, m); n7/z (ES) 248 (M+W).

Description 9 Etliyl 1-methyl-5-[(5,5,5-trifluoropentanoyl amino]-1H-iinidazole-4-carboxylate A inixture of Description 4 (670 mg, 3.96 mmol), 5,5,5-trifluoropentanoic acid (prepared according to EP96995; 625 ing, 4.00 mmol) and trimethylacetic anhydride (6 ml) was heated at 85 C for 24h, after which time tlc indicated the reaction was complete. The mixture was cooled to room temperature, poured into ether (70 ml) and crystallisation was induced by scratching. The product was collected by filtration, washed with a small quantity of ether and dried to give the title compound as a pale brown solid (680 mg, 56 %).1H NMR (500 MHz, CDC13) S 8.23 (1 H, s), 7.33 (1 H, s), 4.36 (2 H, q, J7.1), 3.62 (3 H, s), 2.58 (2 H, br. t, J7.0), 2.27-2.17 (2 H, m), 2.02 (2 H, quin, J7), 1.39 (3 H, t, J7.1); rn/z (ES) 308 (M+H}).
Description 10 3-Methyl-5-(4 4 4-trifluorobutyl)imidazof4 5-d][1 3]oxazin-7(3H1-one Prepared from Description 9 according to the procedure of Description 8. 'H
NMR (400 MHz, CDC13) S
7.69 (1 H, s), 3.78 (3H, s), 2.84 (2 H, t, J7.4), 2.31-2.07 (4 H, m).
Description 11 5-(2-CyclohMlethXl)-3 -methylimidazo [4, 5-d] [ 1,31 oxazin-7(3Hl-one Prepared from Description 4 and 3-cyclohexylpropionic acid according to the procedures of Descriptions 7 and 8 respectively. 'H NMR (360 MHz, CDC13) S
7.67 (1 H, s), 3.77 (3 H, s), 2.73 (2 H, app. t, J8.0), 1.80-1.60 (7 H, m), 1.40-1.10 (4 H, m), 1.05-0.85 (2 H, m).

Description 12 Ethyl 1-methyl-5-[(4-phenylbutanoyl amino]-1Fl-imidazole-4-carboxylate Prepared from Description 4 and 4-phenylbutyric acid according to the procedure of Description 7, with crystallisation from ether-hexane ratlier than ether. iH NMR (360 MHz, DMSO) 6 9.82 (1 H, s), 7.66 (1 H, s), 7.3 1-7.16 (5 H, m), 4.15 (2 H, q, J 7.1), 3.42 (3 H, s), 2.64 (2 H, t, J 7.5), 2.3 7 (2 H, t, J 7.4), 1.94-1.86 (2 H, m), 1.22 (3 H,t,J7.1).

Description 13 3-Methyl-5=(3-phenylpropyl)imidazo[4 5- d]r1 3]oxazin-7(3H)-one Description 12 (709 mg, 2.3 mmol) was suspended in toluene (10 ml) and phosphorus oxychloride (419 L, 4.6 mmol) was added. The mixture was then heated at reflux for 3h, after which time tlc indicated the reaction was complete. The reaction was cooled to room temperature, and the mixture was partitioned between ethyl acetate (15 ml) and sat. aqueous potassium carbonate solution (15 ml). The layers were separated, the aqueous phase extracted with more ethyl acetate (20 ml) and the combined organic phases were dried (MgSO4) and evaporated. The residue was purified by flash column cliromatography (eluant: 5 % MeOH in CHZCIa) to give the title compound (641 mg, 100 %). 1H NMR (360 MHz, DMSO) S 8.08 (1 H, s), 7.30-7.16 (5 H, m), 3.70 (3 H, s), 2.75-2.67 (4 H, m), 2.03 (2 H, t, J
7.5); rn/z (ES) 270 (M+H+).
Description 14 N-(4-Chlorophenyl)-1-methyl-5-r( 5 5 5-trifluoropentanoyl)amino]-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide A mixture of Description 10 (235 mg, 0.90 mmol), 4-chloroaniline (229 mg, 1.80 mmol), pivalic acid (470 mg) and toluene (5 ml) was heated at reflux for 8h, after which time the reaction was complete. The cooled reaction mixture was evaporated. Trituration of the residue with ether-hexane gave some product which was collected by filtration; the filtrate was then evaporated and purified by flash column chromatography (eluant 5% MeOH in CH2C12) and the product-containing fractions evaporated and triturated with ether-hexane. The solids obtained by trituration were coinbined to give the title compound (193mg,55%).1HNMR(400MHz,CDC13)8.74(1H,s),8.56(1H,s),7.58(2H,d,J8),7.31(2H,d, J 8), 3.65 (3 H, s), 2.60 (2 H, t, J 7.3), 2.29-2.17 (2 H, m), 2.05-1.99 (2 H, m).

Description 15 N-(4-Chlorophenyl)-1-inethyl-5-[(4-phenylbutanoXl)amino]-1 H-imidazole-4-carboxamide Prepared from Description 13 and 4-chloroaniline according to the procedure of Description 14.
Description 16 5-Amino-N-(4-chlorophenXl)-1-methyl-1 H-imidazole-4-carboxamide Trimetliylaluminium (2 M solution in hexane; 8.9 ml, 17.7 mmol) was added dropwise to a solution of 4-Chloroaniline (1.13 g, 8.87 mmol) in 1,2-dichloroethane (18 ml) over 5 mins at RT under an atmosphere of N2. The resulting suspension was stirred for 30 mins before Description 4 (1.00 g, 5.91 mmol) was added and the slurry heated to reflux for 6 h. On cooling, the solution was diluted with CH2C12 (60m1) and saturated aqueous sodium potassium tartrate (60m1) was added, followed by saturated aqueous ammoniuin chloride solution (20in1) and MeOH (10 ml). The mixture was stirred vigorously for 1 h and then allowed to settle for 1 h before separation of the phases. The aqueous phase was extracted with 8%
MeOH/DCM (50 ml) and the combined organic extracts washed witli 1M sodium potassium tartrate (150 ml dried over MgSO4i filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give an orange solid. This was slurried in diethyl ether and the mixture filtered. The residue was washed with ether and dried by a stream of air for 1 h to give the title compound as a golden solid (1.38g, 93%). 'H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO): b 9.44 (1 H, s), 7.84 (2 H, d, J 8.8), 7.3 0 (2 H, d, J 8.8), 7.19 (1 H, s), 5.9 8 (2 H, s), 3.43 (3 H, s).

Description 17 5-ainino-l-methyl-N -phenyl-lH-imidazole-4-carboxamide Prepared from Description 4 and aniline according to the procedure of Description 16. 'H NMR (500 MHz,DMSO):59.21(1H,s),7.77(2H,d,J7.9),7.26(2H,t,J7.8),7.18(1H,s),6.97(1H,t,J7.3 ), 5.95 (2 H, s), 3.43 (3 H, s).

Description 18 5 -amino-N-(4-chlorophenyl)-1 3 -thiazole-4-carboxamide Prepared from etliyl5-amino-1,3-thiazole-4-carboxylate (TM ahedrofa 1985, 41, 5989) and 4-chloroaniline according to the procedure of Description 16, except that the reaction time was reduced to 3 h at 90 C and the product extracted with CH2Cla (instead of 8% MeOH/CH2ClZ) and washed with 10%
Et20/hexane (instead of EtZO). 1H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO): S 9.83 (1 H, s), 8.08 (1 H, s), 7.85 (2 H, d, J
8.9), 7.35 (4 H, m).

Description 19 Ethy15-amino-l-prop,Yl-lH-imidazole-4-carboxylate Prepared according to the method of Description 1, using n-propylainine instead of ethylatnine. 'H NMR
(360MHz,DMSO)57.10(1H,s),5.89(2H,s),4.14(2H,q,J7.1),3.75(2H,t,J7.0),1.63(2H,q,J

7), 1.23 (3 H, t, J 7.1), 0.83 (3 H, t, J 7.4); in1z (ES) 198 (M + H+).
Description 20 Ethy15-amino-l-cyclopropyl-lH-imidazole-4-carboxylate Prepared according to the method of Description 1, using cyclopropylamine instead of ethylamine.1H
NMR (360 MHz; CDC13) 5.09 (2H, s), 4.33 (2H, q, J7), 3.00-2.94 (1H, m), 1.38 (3H, t, J7), 1.2-1.0 (2H, m), 1.0-0.8 (2H, m). ni/z (ES) 196 (M+H+).

.Description 21 Ethy15-amino-l-(2 2 2-trifluoroethyl)-1H-imidazole-4-carboxylate Prepared according to the method of Description 1, using 2,2,2-trifluoroethylamine instead of ethylamine.
'H NMR (360 MHz, d6-DMSO) 1.24 (3 H, t, J7.1); 4.17 (2 H, q, J7.1); 4.92 (2 H, q, J9.3); 6.32 (2 H, br s); 7.18 (1 H, s).

Description 22 6,6,6-Trifluorohexanoic acid D'unethyl malonate (3.45 g, 26.2 mmol) was added over 10 minutes to a suspension of sodium hydride (60% dispersion in paraffin; 1.15 g, 28.8 mmol) in THF (120 ml) at RT. 4-Bromo-1,1,1-trifluorobutane (5 g, 26.2 mmol) was then added at RT and the reaction stirred for 44 h. The mixture was then poured into water (200 ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate (2 x 200 ml). The organic phases were dried (Na2SO4) and evaporated. The residue was dissolved in ethanol (20 ml) and 4M aqueous NaOH
(20 ml) added. The mixture was heated at 100 C for 5 h, then the ethanol evaporated and the mixture acidified with 5N
aqueous HCI. Extracted with etliyl acetate (2 x 100 ml) and the organic phases were dried (NazSO4) and evaporated to give an oil which crystallised on standing. Trituration witll hexane and collection by filtration gave the title compound as a white solid (2.84 g).1H NMR (360 MHz, DMSO): 6 12.7 (1 H, s), 3.35 - 3.20 (2H, in), 2.35-2.15 (2H, in), 1.85-1.70 (2H, m), 1.55-1.40 (2H, in).
Description 23 Ethyl 1-metli yl-5-1 [4 5 5 5-tetrafluoro-4-(trifluoroinethyl)pentanoyl]amino}-1H-imidazole-4-carboxylate Prepared from Description 4 and 4,5,5,5-tetrafluoro-4-trifluoromethylpentanoic acid according to the procedure outlined in Description 7. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO) S 10.08 (1 H, s), 7.67 (1 H, s), 4.16 (2 H, q, J7.1), 3.42 (3 H, s), 2.75-2.68 (2 H, m), 2.65-2.55 (2 H, m), 1.23 (3 H, t, J7.1).

Description 24 3-Methyl-5-f3 4 4 4-tetrafluoro-3-(trifluoromethXl)b&llimidazo[4 5-dl f 1,31oxazin-7(3H)-one Description 23 (1.7 g, 0.65 mmol) was suspended in phosphorus oxychloride (36 ml, 387 mmol) and the reaction heated at 120 C for 16h, after which time tlc indicated coinplete reaction. The reaction was cooled to room temperature, the phosphorus oxychloride evaporated and the mixture was partitioned between ethyl acetate and sat. aqueous potassium carbonate solution. The layers were separated, the aqueous phase extracted with more ethyl acetate and the coinbined organic phases were dried (MgSO4) and evaporated. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography on silica (eluent: 2.5%
methanol in dichloromethane with 0.1% NH3) to give the title compound (750 mg, 50 %). 'H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO) 8 8.12 (1 H, s), 3.73 (3 H, s), 3.09-3.01 (2 H, m), 2.85-2.74 (2 H, m).
Description 25 N-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-methyl-5-jj4 5 5 5-tetrafluoro-4-(trifluoromethyl)pentanoyllamino}-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide Description 24 (330 mg, 0.95 mmol), 4-chloroaniline (242 mg, 1.90 mmol), acetic acid (400 ~1) and toluene (5 ml) were heated at reflux for 16h, after which time the reaction was complete by tlc. The cooled reaction mixture was evaporated and extracted into ethyl acetate, washed with water and brine and the organic phase dried (MgSO4) and evaporated. Trituration of the residue with ether-hexane gave some product which was collected by filtration; the filtrate was then evaporated and purified by flash column chromatography on silica (eluant: 2.5% MeOH in dichloromethane with 0.1% NH3) and the product containing fractions evaporated and triturated with ether-hexane. The solids obtained by trituration were combined to give the title compound (308 mg, 68 %). 'H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO) S
10.20 (1 H, s), 9.95 (1H,s),7.86(2H,d,J8.9),7.76(1H,s),7.34(2H,d,J8.5),3.46(3H,s),2.75-2.69(2H,m),2.65-2.55 (2 H, m).

Description 26 Ethy12-(trifluoromethXl)-1 3-thiazole-4-carboxylate A solution of 2,2,2 -trifluoroacetamide (7.12 g, 63 mmol) and Lawesson's Reagent (15.3 g, 37.8 minol) in THF (anliydrous, 60 ml) was stirred at reflux for 18 hrs. The reaction mixture was cooled then ethyl bromopyruvate (8 ml, 63 mmol) added, and refluxed for 18 hrs. The reaction was cooled, evaporated in vacuo, and the resulting crude material extracted into ethyl acetate and washed witli water. The organic fraction was dried (MgSOd), and condensed to give a yellow/orange oil. The residue was purified by flash column chromatograpliy on silica (eluent: 15% ethyl acetate in hexane) to provide the title compound as a clear oil (3 g, 21 %). 'H NMR 8(400MHz, CDC13) S 8.39 (1 H, s), 4.47 (2 H, q, J7.1), 1.42 (3 H, t, J 7.2).

Description 27 2-(Trifluoromethyl)-1,3 -thiazole-4-carboxylic acid A mixture of Description 26 (2.82 g, 12.5 minol) and potassium hydroxide (1.7 g, 30 mmol), in methanol (2 ml) and water (7 ml) was heated at 80 C for 16h. The reaction was cooled, poured onto ice and acidified to pH 2 using conc. hydrochloric acid before extracting into ethyl acetate. The organic layer was dried (MgSO4) and evaporated to give the title compound as a white solid (1.9 g, 77%). 'H NMR
(500MHz, DMSO) 8 8.84 (1 H, s).
Description 28 Eth y1(2E)-3-[2-hydroxy-~trifluoromethyl)pyridin-3-yl]acr ylate To a suspension of Sodium hydride (2.09 g of a 60% dispersion in oil; 52.32 mmol) in anhydrous THF
(100 ml), cooled in an ice bath was added dropwise a solution of triethyl phosphonoacetate (10.38 ml;
52.32 mmol) in anllydrous THF (50 ml). After complete addition the mixture was stirred until no further hydrogen evolution was observed (approximately 30 minutes). To this mixture was added a solution of 2-hydroxy-5-(trifluoromethyl)nicotinaldehyde (WO 2005/070133 A2; 5g; 26.16 mmol) in anhydrous THF
(100 ml) and the resulting mixture stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. The mixture was quenched by the careful addition of 2N HCl (250 ml) and EtOAc (500 ml) added (mostly a solid was observed suspended in the organic layer). The layers were separated, the EtOAc evaporated and the residue triturated with EtOAc/hexanes, filtered and dried to give a pale yellow solid (5.7 g, 83%). 'H NMR (500 MHz,d6-DMSO)S 1.25 (3 H, t, J 7.1), 4.17 (2 H, q, J 7.1), 7.17 (1 H, d, J
15.9), 7.5 8 (1 H, d, J 15.9), 8.05 (1 H, s), 8.20 (1 H, d, J 2.1), 12.65 (1 H, br s).
Description 29 Ethyl (2E)-3-[2-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-3-yl]aci ylate A mixture of Description 28 (3.00 g; 11.49 mmol) and phosphorus oxychloride (30 ml) was warmed at 80 C for 3 hours. The excess phosphorus oxychloride was removed by evaporation, and the residue dissolved in dichloromethane (70 ml). This mixture was stirred vigorously and treated portionwise witli sat. aqueous NaHCO3 (50 ml) and then stirred for 30 mins. The organic layer was separated, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and evaporated to give the title compound (3.2 g, 99%). 'H
NMR (500 MHz, CDC13) 1.36(3H,t,J7.2);4.31(2H,q,J7.2);6.54(1H,d,J16.0);7.97(1H,d,J16.0);8.11(1H,d,J2.
2);
8.65 (1 H, d, J2.2).
Description 30 Ethy13-[5-(trifluoromethyl)uyridin-3 -yl]propanoate To a nitrogen flushed suspension of Description 29 (3.21 g; 11.49 mmol) and trietliylamine (1.76 ml; 12.6 mmol) in methanol (100 ml), was added 10% palladium on carbon (0.5 g), and the resulting mixture stirred under a balloon of hydrogen overnight. The catalyst was removed by filtration and the filtrate evaporated to give a white solid (2.6 g, 9 1%). 'H NMR (500 MHz, CDC13) S 1.23 (3 H, t, J 7.1); 2.68 (2 H, t, J 7.4); 3.04 (2 H, t, J 7.4); 4.13 (2 H, q, J 7. 1); 7.78 (1 H, s); 8.6 8 (1 H, s); 8.75 (1 H, s).
Description 31 3-[5-(TrifluoromethXl)pyridin-3-yl]propanoic acid To a mixture of Description 30 (2.59 g; 10.5 mmol) in ethanol (25 ml) was added a solution of sodium hydroxide (2.1g ; 52.5 mmol) in water (75 ml) and the resulting mixture heated at reflux for 1 hour. The mixture was cooled and evaporated. The residue was dissolved in water and extracted with diethyl ether (x 2). The aqueous was acidified by the addition of 2N HCl and extracted with DCM (x 2), combined DCM layers washed with sat. NaCI, dried over NazSO4, filtered and evaporated to give a white solid (2.0 g, 86%). 'H NMR (500 MHz, CDC13) 8 2.74 (2 H, t, J7.3); 3.07 (2 H, t, J7.3);
7.85 (1 H, s); 8.72 (1 H, s); 8.75 (1 H, s).

Description 32 Ethy13 -azido-4-hydroxycyclohexanecarb oxlate To a solution of ethyl-7-oxabicyclo[4.1.0]heptane-3-carboxylate (EP 520419 A2 (1992); 10 g; 58.75 mmol) in anhydrous DMF (75 ml) was added successively ammonium chloride (4.54 g; 88.13 mmol) and sodium azide (5.73 g; 88.15 mmol), and the resulting mixture heated at 75 C
overnight. The mixture was cooled and evaporated to about 1/3 volume and partitioned between water (150 ml) and EtOAc (100 ml).
The organic layer was washed witli water (100 ml), brine (50 ml), dried over Na2SO4, filtered and evaporated. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica (eluent: 20% EtOAc in hexanes) to give the title compound (11.49 g, 91%). 1HNMR (400MHz, CDC13) 1.25 (3 H, t, J7.1); 1.45-1.63 (2 H, m); 1.87-1.93 (1 H, in); 2.06-2.13 (1 H, m); 2.33-2.39 (2H, m);
2.72 (1 H, quintet, J4.7); 3.47-3.5 8 (2 H, m); 4.17 (2 H, q, J 7. 1).

Description 33 ycyclohexanecarboxylate Ethyl3-amino-4-hydrox To a nitrogen flushed solution of Description 32 (11.49 g; 53.9 mmol) in EtOAc (150 ml) was added 10%
Palladium on carbon (1.5 g), and the resulting mixture stirred under a balloon of liydrogen overnight. The catalyst was removed by filtration and the mixture charged with fresh 10%
Palladium on carbon (1.5 g), and hydrogenated at 30 psi in a PARR apparatus for 3 hours. The catalyst was removed by filtration and the filtrate evaporated to give the title compound (10 g; 99%).

Description 34 Ethy14-hydroxy-3-[(trifluoroacetyl)amino]eyclohexane carboxylate To a mixture of Description 33 (10.09 g; 53.9 mmol, and triethylamine (15.02 ml, 107.8 mmol) in anhydrous dichloromethane (100 ml) cooled in an ice bath was added dropwise trifluoroacetic anhydride (8.74 ml, 61.99 mmol). The resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours then evaporated. The residue was partitioned between EtOAc (200 inl) and 1M Citric acid solution (200 ml).
The organic layer was washed with sat. aqueous NaHCO3 (100 ml), brine (100 ml), dried over NaZSO4, filtered and evaporated to give the title compound (15.2 g, quant).

Description 35 Ethy14-oxo-3 _[(trifluoroacetyl amino]cyclohexane carboxylate To a solution of Description 34 (15.27 g; 53.9 mmol) in anhydrous dichloromethane (300 ml) was added Dess Martin periodinane (27.43 g; 64.68 mmol) and the resulting mixture stirred for 4 hours. Further Dess Martin periodinane (10 g; 23.6 mmol) was added and stirring continued oveniight. The mixture was evaporated and the residue purified by column chromatography on silica (eluent: 25% EtOAc in liexanes).
The product was dissolved in dichloromethane (150 ml) and washed with sat.
aqueous NaHCO3 (150 ml), dried over Na2SO4, filtered and evaporated to give a yellow oil which crystallised on standing (11.2 g, 74%).

Description 36 Ethy12-(trifluoromethXl)-4 5 6 7-tetrahydro-1 3-benzothiazole-5-carboxylate To a solution of Description 35 (5.00 g; 17.78 inmol) in anhydrous toluene (200 ml) was added Lawesson's Reagent (14.38 g; 35.56 mmol) and the resulting mixture heated at reflux for 15 hours. The mixture was cooled and concentrated to a volume of about 50 ml and loaded directly onto a silica gel colunm (eluent: 10% EtOAc in hexanes). The product was furtlier purified by column chromatography on silica (eluent: 10% EtZO in hexanes) to give a yellow oil (1.46 g, 29%). 1H
NMR (500MHz, CDC13) 1.27 (3 H, t, J7.1); 1.98-2.06 (1 H, m); 2.27-2.31 (1 H, m); 2.83-2.91 (2 H, m);
2.97-3.20 (3 H, m); 4.20 (2 H, q,J7.1).

Description 37 2-(TrifluoromethXl)-4 5 6 7-tetrahydro-1 3-benzothiazole-5-carboxylic acid To a solution of Description 36 (1.46 g; 5.22 mmol) in ethanol (10 ml) was added a solution of sodium hydroxide (420 mg; 10.44 imnol) in water (20 ml) and the resulting mixture warmed to 80 C for 30 minutes. The ethanol was removed by evaporation and the aqueous acidified by the addition of 2N HCI.
The mixture was extracted witli DCM (3 x 30 ml), combined DCM layers dried over Na2SO4, filtered and evaporated to give a white solid (770 mg, 58%). 'H NMR (500MHz, CDC13) 2.03-2.14 (1 H, m); 2.31-2.37 (1 H, m); 2.87-2.98 (2 H, m); 2.98-3.07 (1 H, m); 3.07-3.18 (1 H, m);
3.21 (1 H, dd, J 16.8 and 5.7).
Description 38 5-Ainino-N- 4-chlorophenyl)-1-ethyl-1H-iinidazole-4-carboxainide Prepared from Description 1 according to the method of Description 16.1H NMR
(500 MHz, DMSO) S
9.44 (1H, s), 7.83 (2H, d, J8.9), 7.29 (2H, d, J8.9), 7.24 (1H, s), 6.02 (2H, s), 3.85 (2H, q, J7.3), 1.27 (3H, t, J7.2).

Description 39 N-(4-ChlorophenXl)-5-[(3-cclopropl~nropanoyl amino]-1-ethyl-lH-imidazole-4-carboxamide Description 38 (300mg, 1.14mmo1), 3-cyclopropylpropanoic acid (220mg, 1.93mmo1), bis(2-oxo-3-oxazolidinyl)phosphinic chloride (490mg, 1.93mmo1), N,N-diisopropyletliylamine (335 l, 1.93mmo1) and dichloroethane (10in1) were combined and heated in a microwave at 160 C
for 20 minutes, after which time TLC indicated the reaction was complete. The mixture was partitioned between dichloroinetliane (30in1) and 10 % aqueous potassium carbonate (30m1). The layers were separated, the aqueous phase extracted with more dichlorometliane (30m1) and the organic layers were combined and washed with water (30m1) and 10% aqueous citric acid (30m1). The organic phase was dried (MgSO4), and evaporated. The residue was purified by mass directed preparative HPLC to give the title compound (145ing, 35%). 1H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO) b 9.92 (IH, s), 9.81 (1H, s), 7.85 (2H, d, J9), 7.81 (1H, s), 7.34 (2H, d, J9), 3.82 (2H, q, J7), 2.44 (2H, t, J7), 1.52 (2H, q, J7), 1.30 (3H, t, J7), 0.80-0.72 (1H, in), 0.41 (2H, m), 0.08 (2H, m); rn/z (ES) 361 (M+H+).

Description 40 N-(4-ChloropheLiyl)-1-methyl-5-{[(4-inethyl-1 2 5-oxadiazol-3-yl)acetyl]amino}-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide Prepared from Description 16 and (4-methyl-1,2,5-oxadiazol-3-yl)acetic acid according to the procedure of Description 39. in/z (ES) 375, 377 (M+H+).

Description 41 2-(Trifluoromethyl)-1,3 -thiazo le-4-carbaldehyde Diisobutyl aluminium hydride (1M in dichloromethane, 16.7 ml, 16.7 mmol) was added dropwise to a solution of Description 26 (1.88 g, 8.37 mmol) in anhydrous dichloroinethane (10 ml) at -78 C. The reaction was stirred at -78 C for lhr, and then excess aq. 2N hydrochloric acid was added and the reaction allowed to warm to room temperature. The reaction was extracted into ethyl acetate (x 5) and the organic layer washed with water and saturated aqueous NH4C1, then dried (MgSOd) and evaporated.
Purification by flash column chromatography on silica (eluent: 25% ethyl acetate in hexane) gave the title compound as a pale yellow solid (650 mg, 43%) IH NMR (400 MHz, DMSO) S 10.01 (1 H, s), 9.07 (1 H, s). (Additionally, some of the corresponding alcohol (19 %) was isolated).
Description 42 Ethyl (2E)-2-methyl-3-[2-(trifluoromethyl)-1,3-thiazol-4-yl]ac late Description 41 (639 mg, 3.53 mmol) was added to a solution of ethyl 2-(diethoxyphosphoryl)propanoate (0.980 ml, 4.6 mmol), litliium chloride (2.10 g, 49.4 mmol) and N-ethyl-N-isopropylpropan-2-amine (1.10 ml, 8.83 mmol) in anhydrous acetonitrile (10 ml) and the mixture stirred at room temperature for 24hr. Aqueous ammonium chloride (120 ml) and water (50 ml) were added and the reaction extracted into dichloromethane (x 5), then the combined organic phases were dried (MgSO4) and evaporated. The crude material was purified by flash column chromatography on silica (eluent:
13% ethyl acetate in hexane) to give the title compound as a white solid (875 mg, 94%). 'H NMR
(400MHz, DMSO) S 8.48 (1 H, s), 7.63 (1 H, d, J 1.2), 4.23 (2 H, q, J 7.1), 2.28 (3 H, d, J 1.2), 1.29 (3 H, t, J 7.1).

Description 43 Ethy12-meth~[2-(trifluorometh~)-1,3 -thiazol-4-~] propanoate A mixture of Description 42 (818 mg, 3.10 mmol) and 5% palladium on carbon (300 mg) in ethanol (20 ml) was hydrogenated under a balloon of hydrogen gas at room temperature for 24hr. The reaction mixture was filtered and evaporated to give the title coinpound as a colourless oil (825 mg, 100%). M/z (ES) 268 (M+W).

Description 44 2-Methyl-3-[2-(trifluoromethyl)-1,3-thiazol-4-yl]propanoic acid A mixture of Description 43 (825 ing, 3.1 mmol) and lithium hydroxide (147 mg, 6.2 mmol), in THF (8 ml) and water (2 ml) was stirred at room temperature for 16hr. The reaction was acidified to pH 1 using conc. hydrochloric acid before extracting into ethyl acetate (x 3). The organic layer was dried (MgSO4) and evaporated to give the title compound as a yellow solid (691 mg, 94%). 'H
NMR 5 (400MHz, DMSO) 6 12.15 (1 H, s), 7.83 (1 H, s), 3.11 (1 H, dd, J6.7, 14.0), 2.88-2.76 (2 H, m), 1.09 (3 H, d, J6.8).
Description 45 5 5 5-Trifluoro-2-methylpentanoic acid Lithium diisopropylamide (1.8 M in heptane/THF, 10.4 ml, 18.8 mmol) was added dropwise to a solution of 5,5,5-trifluoropentanoic acid (837 mg, 5.4 mmol) in anhydrous THF at 0 C
over 5 mins. The reaction was stirred at 0'C for 15 mins, and then methyl iodide (1 ml, 16.2 mmol) was added dropwise; the resulting solution was allowed to warm to room temperature and stir for 16hr.
The reaction was acidified to pH 1 with conc. hydrochloric acid, extracted into ethyl acetate (x3) then the combined organic layers were washed with water/brine, then dried (MgSO4) and evaporated to give the title compound as an orange oil (560 mg, 61%). 'H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO) 8 12.40 (1 H, bs), 2.44 (1 H, q, J6.6), 2.28-2.17 (2 H, m), 1.78-1.71 (1 H, m), 1.58-1.52 (1 H, in), 1.10 (3 H, t, J6.6).
Description 46 5-Fluoroindan-l-ol A solution of 5-fluoro-l-indanone (2.0 g, 13.32 minol) in 30 mL of methanol and 15 mL of dichloromethane was cooled to 0 C in an ice bath, and sodium borohydride (504 mg, 13.32 mmol) was added portionwise. After the addition, the reaction mixture was stirred for 15 min at 0 C, followed by 30 min at room temperature. The reaction mixture was diluted with water and extracted twice with ether.
The combined ether extracts were dried (Na2SO4), filtered, and evaporated in vacuo to give the title compound as a pale yellow oil (2.03 g, 100 %). 'H NMR (400 MHz, CDC13) 8 7.35 (1H, m), 6.92 (2H, m), 5.20 (1H, q, J6.4), 3.05 (1H, m), 2.80 (1H, m), 2.50 (1H, m), 1.99 (1H, m), 1.75 (1H, d, J7.2).
Description 47 1-Chloro-5-fluoroindane A mixture of 5-fluoroindan-l-ol (2.03 g, 13.32 mmol) and thionyl chloride (1.5 inL, 19.98 mmol) in 20 inL of toluene was stirred for 30 min at room temperature, followed by 17 h at 55 C. After cooling to room temperature, the solvents were evaporated to give a brown oil. The oil was taken up in ethyl acetate (25 mL) and washed with water (20 mL) and saturated NaHCO3 (20 mL). The ethyl acetate layer was dried (Na2SO4), filtered, and evaporated in vacuo to give the title compound as a brown oil (1.9 g, 84 %).
1H NMR (400 MHz, CDC13) S 7.37 (1H, m), 6.92 (2H, m), 5.40 (1H, m), 3.20 (1H, m), 2.90 (1H, m), 2.62 (1H, m), 2.41 (1H, m).

Description 48 1-Cyano-5-fluoroindane A solution of 1-chloro-5-fluoroindane (1.9 g, 11.1 mmol) in 50 mL of DMF was treated with sodium cyanide (870 mg, 17.76 mmol), and the resulting reaction mixture was heated to 70 C and stirred for 21 h. An additional portion of sodium cyanide (500 ing) was added after the first 8 h. After cooling to room temperature, the reaction mixture was poured into ice water (200 mL), and the resulting mixture was extracted with CHZC12 (3 x 60 mL). The combined CH2ClZ extracts were washed with brine (60 mL), dried (Na2SO4), filtered, and evaporated to give a black liquid. Purification by column chromatography (gradient from hexane to 20% ethyl acetate/hexane) afforded the title compound as yellow-brown oil (780 mg, 43 %). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDC13) S 7.37 (1H, m), 6.96 (2H, m), 4.10 (1H, m), 3.10 (1H, in), 2.95 (1H, m), 2.60 (1H, m), 2.41 (1H, m).
Description 49 5-Fluoro-l-indancarboxylic acid A mixture of 1-cyano-5-fluoroindane (200 mg, 1.24 inmol) and 50% aqueous KOH
(4.0 mL) in 12 mL of ethanol was heated to reflux for 14 h. After cooling to room temperature, the solution was extracted witli etlier (10 mL). The aqueous extract was diluted with water (10 mL) and cooled to 0 C. Concentrated HCl was carefully added to adjust the pH to 2-3. The resulting cloudy mixture was extracted with CHaCIa (20 mL), and the CH2C121ayer was dried (Na2SOA filtered, and evaporated in vacuo to give the title compound as a brown oil, which slowly solidified on standing (212 mg, 95 %).
1H NMR (400 MHz, CDC13)87.35(1H,m),6.90(2H,m),4.03(1H,t,J7),3.10(1H,in),2.90(1H,m),2.4(2H,m).
Description 50 1 ,2-Bis bromomethyl)-4-(trifluoromethyl benzene A mixture of 3,4-dimethylbenzotrifluoride (5 g, 28.7 nunol), N-bromosuccinimide (11.2 g, 63.14 inmol), and a catalytic amount of benzoyl peroxide (50 mg) in 45 mL of CC14 was heated to reflux for 8 h. After cooling to room temp, the reaction mixture was filtered and the filtrate concentrated in vacuo. The resulting pale yellow oil was purified by column chromatography (hexane) to give the title compound as a clear oil (4.9 g, 52 %). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDC13) 6 7.63 (1H, s), 7.57 (1H, d, J 8), 7.50 (1H, d, J 8), 4.66 (2H, s), 4.65 (2H, s).

Description 51 Digthyl Sodium metal (713 mg, 31.0 mmol) was added to 10 mL of absolute ethanol in a 250 mL round bottom flask and the mixture was stirred until all the sodium dissolved. Anhydrous diethyl ether (28 inL) was then added, followed by diethyl malonate (2.24 inL, 14.76 mmol). To this solution was added, as quickly as possible, 1,2-bis(bromomethyl)-4-(trifluoromethyl)benzene (4.9 g, 14.76 mmol) in 28 mL of ether.
The reaction was then heated to reflux and stirred for 1 h. After cooling to room temp, the reaction mixture was filtered and the filtrate concentrated in vacuo. The dark blue oil was purified by column chromatography (10% ethyl acetate/hexanes) to give the title compound as a pale yellow oil (3.38 g, 69 %). 1H NMR (4001VIHz, CDC13) S 7.43 (2H, m), 7.30 (1H, d, J 8), 4.2 (4H, q, J
7.6, 6.8), 3.63 (4H, s), 1.26 (6H, t, J 7.2).

Description 52 5- TrifluoromethXl)-1,3-dihydro-2H-indene-2,2-dicarboxylic acid A mixture of diethyl 5-(trifluoromethyl)-1,3-dihydro-2H-indene-2,2-dicarboxylate (3.38 g, 10.2 inmol) and KOH (2.5 g) in 15 mL of water and 10 mL of ethanol was heated to reflux for 3 h. After cooling to room temp, the ethanol was removed in vacuo, and the aqueous solution was acidified to pH=2-3 with 6.0 N aq. HCI. The resulting precipitate was filtered and dried in vacuo to give the title compound as a light brown solid (2.8 g, 100 %). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDC13) 8 7.53 (1H, s), 7.46 (1H, d, J 8), 7.38 (1H, d, J
8), 3.42 (4H, s).

Description 53 5-(Trifluoromethyl)indane-2-carboxylic acid 5-(Trifluoromethyl)-1,3-dihydro-2H-indene-2,2-dicarboxylic acid (500 mg, 1.82 imnol) was placed in a small round bottom flask and heated to 200 C for 20 minutes. The solid turned dark brown between 185-195 C, and fumes could be seen coming from the flask. After cooling to room temp, the residue was dissolved in 10 mL of 1.0 N aq. NaOH and extracted witli ethyl acetate (10 mL). The aqueous layer was acidified to pH=2-3 with 6.0 N aq. HC1, causing a brown oil to separate from solution. The mixture was extracted with CH2C12 (25-30 mL), and the CH2C12 extract was dried (Na2SO4), filtered, and evaporated in vacuo to give the title compound as a brown oil, which slowly solidified on standing (270 mg, 64 %). 'H
NMR (40 MHz, CDC13) S 10.9 (1H, bs), 7.44 (2H, m), 7.31 (1H, d, J 8), 3.3-3.5 (5H, m).
Description 54 Ethyl 1-methyl-5 -{[(2 4 6-trifluorophenyl acetyI]amino}-1H-imidazole-4-carboxylate A mixture of ethyl 5-amino-l-methyl-lH-imidazole-4-carboxylate (2.2 g, 13.0 mmol) and 2,4,6-trifluorophenylacetic acid (2.5 g, 13.0 mmol) in 18 mL of trimethylacetic anhydride was heated to 85 C
and stirred for 23 h. The mixture was cooled to room temperature and poured into diethyl ether (50 mL).
The solid precipitate that formed was filtered and dried in vacuo to provide the title compound as a white solid (2.7 g, 61 %). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDC13) 8 8.46 (1H, bs), 7.36 (1H, s), 6.74 (2H, t, J 8), 4.35 (2H, q, J 6.8, 7.6), 3.83 (2H, s), 3.61 (3H, s) 1.39 (3H, t, J 7.2).
Description 55 3-Methyl-5-(2 4 6-trifluorobenzyl imidazo[4,5-d][1,3]oxazin-7 3H)-one A suspension of ethyl 1-methyl-5-{[(2,4,6-trifluorophenyl)acetyl]amino}-1H-imidazole-4-carboxylate (2.7 g, 7.91 mmol) in 25 mL of toluene was treated witli phosphorus oxychloride (1.4 mL, 15.82 mmol).
The reaction mixture was heated to reflux for 21 h. After cooling to room temperature, the solvent was removed in vacuo to give a brown residue, which was taken up in ethyl acetate (40 mL) and washed with 20 mL of saturated NaHCO3. The ethyl acetate layer was dried (Na2SOd), filtered, and evaporated in vacuo to give a dark brown oil. Purification by column chromatography (5%
MeOH/CH2C12) afforded the title compound as a liglit brown solid (1.6 g, 68 %). 'H NMR (400 MHz, CDC13) 8 7.67 (1H, s), 6.72 (2H, t, J8), 4.08 (2H, s), 3.69 (3H, s).

Description 56 N-(5-Chloro-1 3-thiazol-2-Xl)-1-methyl-5- {[(2,4, 6-trifluorophenXl)acetyl]
amino }-1 H-imidazole-4-carboxamide A suspension of 2-amino-5-chlorothiazole liydrochloride (174 mg, 1.02 mmol) in 15 mL of ethyl acetate was treated with 1 mL of saturated NaHCO3. The layers were separated and the ethyl acetate layer concentrated in vacuo to give the,free base as a light brown solid. A,mixture of this free base, 3-metliyl-5-(2,4,6-trifluorobenzyl)imidazo[4,5-d][1,3]oxazin-7(3H)-one (200 ing, 0.68 mmol), and pivalic acid (347 mg, 3.4 mmol) was dissolved in CH2C12 and concentrated to give a thick brown oil, which was heated to 160 C for 10 min After cooling to room temperature, the black residue was dissolved in 5%
MeOH/CH2C12 and washed with water and saturated NaHCO3. The organic extract was dried (NazSO4), filtered, and evaporated to provide the title compound as a dark brown solid residue, which was used without further purification (250 mg, 86 %). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDC13) S 10.02 (1H, bs), 8.57 (1H, bs), 7.69 (1H, d, J9.8), 7.36 (1H, s), 6.72 (2H, m), 3.98 (1H, s), 3.65 (3H, s), 1.24 (1H, s).

Description 57 4-(Trimethylsilyloxy)chroman-4-carbonitrile Chroman-4-one (4.44 g, 0.03 moles) and zinc iodide (100 mg) were dissolved in CH2ClZ at room temp under nitrogen atmosphere. To this mixture was added drop wise trimethylsilylcyanide (3.2 g, 0.0315 moles) and stirred at room temp for two days. Added additional triinethylsilylcyanide (2.2 g) to the reaction mixture and refluxed for 4 hours. The reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo and the residue was purified by column chromatography using 15 % ethyl acetate / hexane to afford the title compound as yellow viscous oil (7.2 g, 96 % yield). 'H NMR (400 MHz, CDC13) 7.6 (1H, d), 7.25 (1H, t), 7.0 (1H, t), 6.85 (1H, d), 4.35 (2H, m), 2.4 (2H, m), 0.2 (9H, s).

Description 58 Chroman-4-carboxylic acid 4-(Trimethylsilyloxy)chroman-4-carbonitrile (7.2 g, 0.029 moles) and tin (II) chloride (23.6 g, 0.125 moles) were dissolved in glacial AcOH (30 mL) and con. HCl (30 mL). The resultant mixture was heated at 140 C for 20 hours and then cooled to room temp. Diluted the mixture with water (150 mL), extracted with CH2C12 (3 x 150 mL), washed the combined extracts with brine and dried (MgSO4). The dried extract was filtered and concentrated under vacuo to afford the title coinpound as off-wliite solid (4.45 g.
87% yield). 'H NMR (400 MHz, CDC13) 7.26 (1H, m), 7.16 (1H, in), 6.84 (1H, m), 4.25 (2H, m), 3.81 (1H, m), 2.32 (1H, m), 2.13 (1H, m).
Description 59 ethyl 5-amino-l-(2,2-difluoroethyl)-1 H-imidazole-4-carboxylate Prepared according to the method of Description 1, using 2,2-difluoroethylamine instead of ethylamine.
Description 60 5-amino-N-(4-chlorophenXl -Ll-(2 2-difluoroethYl)-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide Prepared from Description 59 and 4-chloroaniline according to the procedure of Description 16.
Description 61 eth,yl 2-(4,4-difluorocycloheUI)acetate [Bis(2-methoxyethyl)amino]sulfur trifluoride (Deoxofluor , 7.5 g, 34.8 mmol) w,as added to a solution of ethyl 2-(4-oxocyclohexyl)acetate [Alonso F., et. al. Tetj=ahedf-on, 1995, 51, 10259-10280] (2.0 g, 10.9 mmol) in dichloromethane (20 mL). The mixture was stirred for 3 days at room temperature and quenched with sat. NaHCO3 (20 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate (3 x 100 mL) and the combined organic phases were dried (MgSO4) and evaporated. The residue was purified with flash chromatography to give the title compound.

Description 62 2-(4,4-difluorocyclohexyl)acetic acid KOH (2.1 g, 32 mmol) was added to a solution of (4,4-difluoro-cyclohexyl)-acetic acid ethyl ester (1.3 g, 6.3 minol) in MeOH-H20 (4:1, 50 mL). The mixture was stirred for 3h at room temperature, concentrated, diluted with H20 (20 inL), washed with ether (50 mL). The aqueous layer was acidified to pH =2 and extracted with ethyl acetate (3 x 500 mL) and the combined organic phases were dried (MgSO4) and evaporated to give the title compound.

Description 63 2-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-2,2-difluoroacetic acid KOH (89 mg, 1.35 mmol) was added to a solution of (3,4-difluoro-phenyl)-difluoro-acetic acid ethyl ester [Middleton, W. J. & Bingham, E. M. J. Org. Cherfa., 1980, 45, 2883-7] (80 mg, 0.34 mmol) in MeOH-H20 (4:1, 20 mL). The mixture was heated to reflux for 4h. The mixture was cooled to room temperature, concentrated, diluted with H20 (10 mL), washed with ether (20 mL). The aqueous layer was acidified to pH =2 and extracted with etliyl acetate (3 x 30 mL) and the combined organic phases were dried (MgSO4) and evaporated to give the title compound.

Description 64 methyl 2-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-2-fluoroacetate LiHMDS (1M in THF, 3.45 mL, 3.45 mmol) was added dropwise to a cooled solution (-78 C)of (3,4-difluoro-phenyl)-acetic acid methyl ester (560 mg, 3.0 mmol) in THF (20 mL) and the mixture was stirred at -78 C for lh. A solution of N-fluorobenzene-sulfonimide (1.2 g, 3.75 mmol) in THF (10 inL) was added dropwise. The mixture was stirred at -78 C for 4h and quenched with sat, NaHCO3. The mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (3 x 100 inL) and the combined organic phases were dried (MgSO4) and evaporated. The residue was purified with flash chromatography to give the title compound.
Description 65 2-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-2-fluoroacetic acid KOH (145 mg, 2.2 mmol) was added to a solution of (3,4-difluoro-phenyl)-fluoro-acetic acid methyl ester (90 mg, 0.44 mmol) in MeOH-H20 (4:1, 20 mL). The mixture was heated to reflux for 4h. The mixture was cooled to room temperature, concentrated, diluted with H20 (10 mL), washed with ether (20 mL).
The aqueous layer was acidified to pH =2 and extracted with ethyl acetate (3 x 30 mL) and the combined organic phases were dried (MgSO4) and evaporated to give the title compound.
Description 66 4 4 4-trifluoro-3-methylbutyl methanesulfonate Methanesulfonyl chloride (1.64 mL, 21.1 mmol) and TEA (3.9 mL, 28.2 mmol) were added dropwise to a cooled solution of 4,4,4-trifluoro-3-methyl-butan-l-o1 [EP 0300497] (2.0 g, 14.1 mmol) in THF (40 mL).
The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2h and quenched with saturated NaHCO3. The mixture was extracted with ether (3 x 50 mL) and the combined organic phases were dried (MgSO4) and evaporated to give the title compound.
Description 67 5,5,5-trifluoro-4-meth,~~lpentanenitrile NaCN (2.1 g, 42.3 mmol) was added to a solution of methanesulfonic acid 4,4,4-trifluoro-3-methyl-butyl ester (3.1 g, 14.1 mmol) in DMSO (40 mL). The mixture was heated to 120 C for 24h. The mixture was cooled to room temperature, diluted with ether (200 mL), washed with water (3 x 40 mL), the organic phases were dried (MgSO4), and evaporated. The residue was purified with flash chromatography (25%
EtOAc-Hexanes) to give the title compound.

Description 68 5,5,5-trifluoro-4-methylpentanoic acid 25% NaOH (20 mL) was added to a solution of 5,5,5-trifluoro-4-methyl-pentanenitrile (1.2 g, 7.9 inmol) in EtOH (20 mL). The mixture was heated to reflux for 24h. The mixture was cooled to room temperature, concentrated, diluted with H20 (10 mL), washed with ether (20 mL). The aqueous layer was acidified to pH =2 and extracted with ether (3 x 30 mL) and the combined organic phases were dried (MgSO4) and evaporated to give the title compound.

Description 69 5-Amino-N-(4- chlorophenXl)-l-cyclopropyl-lH-imidazole-4-carboxamide Prepared from Description 20 and 4-chloroaniline according to the procedure of Description 16. nz/z (ES) 277 (M+H+).

Description 70 N-(4-Chlorophenyl)-1-cyclopropyl-5-(1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaplrthalene-3-carboxamido)-1 H-imidazole-4-carboxainide Prepared from Description 69 and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene-2-carboxylic acid according to the procedure of Description 39. nr/z (ES+) 435 (M+W).

Description 71 N-(4-clorophenyl)-5-[(1,2,3 4-tetrah dphthalene-3-carboxamido)thiazole-4-carboxamide Prepared from Description 18 and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene-2-carboxylic acid according to the procedure of Description 39. m/z (ES) 413 (M+H).

Description 72 N-(4-ChlorophenXl)1-ethyl-5-(2-(2-meth,ylthiazol-4-yl)-butanamido]-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide Prepared from Description 77 and 2-(2-methyl-thiazol-4-yl)-butyric acid according to the procedure of Description 39. na/z (ES) 432 (M+H').
Description 73 2-(2-Ethylthiazol-4-Xl)acetic acid Ethyl chloroacetate (1 equiv) was dissolved in dry acetone, and a solution of thiopropanamide (1 equiv) in acetone was added. The reaction was refluxed overnight. After cooling to rt, volatiles were evaporated.
The residue was diluted with etllyl acetate followed by careful addition of saturated NaHCO3 (aq). Layers were separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate (2x), organics were combined, dried (NaZSO4) and concentrated to give a yellow residue. Purification by column chromatography on silica gel (ethyl acetate: hexanes: 80:20) provided (2-Ethyl-thiazol-4-yl)-acetic acid ethyl ester in 45 %
yield. fn/z (ES) 200 (M+H').
2-Ethyl-thiazol-4-yl)-acetic acid ethyl ester (1 equiv) was dissolved in ethanol and 4N NaOH (aq) (5 equiv) was added. The reaction was left to stir overnight at rt. The ethanol was evaporated, the residue acidified to pH 4, and extracted with ethyl acetate (4x). The organic extracts were combined, dried (Na2SO4) and concentrated to give a yellow solid. The solid was stirred for 3 h in a solution of ether:
hexanes (1:3). After filtration and air drying, the acid was obtained as a beige solid in 93% yield. 7n/z (ES) 172 (M+PI').

Description 74 Ethyl 1-Ethyl-5-(2-(3 -trifluoromethylphenyl)acetamido)-1 H-imidazole-4-carboxylate A mixture of Description 1(0.2 g, 1.09 mmol), (3-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-acetyl chloride (0.36g, 1.5 equiv), diisopropylethylamine (0.35 g, 2.5 equiv) in THF (5mL) was heated at 80 'C for 26 h. Volatiles were evaporated from the cooled reaction and the residue was taken into CH2C12 and HzO. The organic layer was dried (NazSO4), filtered and concentrated. Purification by Preparative TLC provided the title compound in 65% yield. fn/z (ES) 370 (M+H').

Description 75 5-(3-trifluorometh. lzXl)-3-ethylimidazo[4,5-d][1,3]oxazin-7 3 -one Prepared from Description 74 according to the procedure of Description 8.
Description 76 N-(4-Chlorophenyl -1-ethyl-5-(2-(3-trifluoromethyl)phenyl)acetamido)-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide Prepared from Description 77 and trifluorometliyl acetic acid according to the procedure of Description 8.
Description 77 5-Amino-l-N-( 4-chlorophenyl)-1-ethyl-lH-imidazole-4-carboxamide Prepared from Description 1 and 4-chloroaniline according to procedure of Description 16.
Example 1 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-2-[2-(3-fluorophenyl)ethyl]-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one A catalyst mixture of copper(I)iodide and bis(triphenylphosphino)palladium(II) dichloride (1:1 molar ratio; 5 mg) was added to a mixture of Description 6 (110 mg, 0.373 mmol), 1 -ethynyl-3 -fluorobenzene (80 L, 0.693 mmol) and triethylamine (250 L) in N,N-dimethylacetamide (4 inl). The reaction was heated in a microwave reactor at 110 C for 20 minutes. More catalyst mixture (5 ing) was added and the reaction heated for a further 20 minutes at 110 C, then 20 minutes at 130 C.
More alkyne (40 L, 0.347 minol) and more catalyst (5 mg) were added, the reaction heated at 130 C for a further 20 ininutes, then the reaction mixture was evaporated. The residue was purified by preparative thin layer chromatography (eluant: 15 % MeOH in ethyl acetate) and the product then triturated with methanol and collected by filtration to give 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-[(3-fluorophenyl)ethynyl]-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one (35 mg). fn/z (ES) 379, 381 (M+ki}). A sample of 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-[(3-fluorophenyl)ethynyl]-9-methyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one (30 mg) was dissolved in methanol-ethyl acetate (1:1; 5 ml).
Palladium on carbon (50 mg) was added and the reaction stirred under a balloon of hydrogen gas for 1 h.
The reaction was filtered, the filtrate evaporated and the residue was purified by preparative thin layer cliromatography (eluant: 10 % MeOH in ethyl acetate) to give the title compound (8 ing). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDC13) 7.73 (1 H, s), 7.49 (2 H, d, J8.4), 7.24-7.16 (1 H, app. q, J7), 7.06 (2 H, d, J8.5), 6.90-6.72 (3 H, m), 3.84 (3 H, s), 3.05 (2 H, t, J7.5), 2.69 (2 H, t, J7.5); nz/z (ES) 383, 385 (M+H+).
Example 2 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-9-eth y1-2-[3- trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one A suspension of Description 3 (75 mg, 0.24 ininol), Pd (dppf)ClZ (10mg, 0.012 mmol), [3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]boronic acid (45 mg, 0.24 mmol), and a saturated aqueous solution of sodium carbonate (250 l) in tetrahydrofuran (2 ml) was irradiated in a Smith Synthesizer microwave at 150 C
for 10 minutes. The resulting solution was partitioned between dichloromethane (5 ml) and water (5 inl) and the layers separated. The resulting organic solution was then passed tlirough a SCX (strong cation exchange) cartridge, washing with dichloromethane and methanol then eluting with 2M ammonia in methanol. Evaporation of the basic fraction gave a pale purple solid which was purified by mass directed HPLC to give the title compound as a white solid (22 ing, 22%). 'H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO) 8 8.26 (1 H, s), 7.72-7.67 (3 H, m), 7.52 (1 H, t, J 7.8), 7.40-7.3 6 (4 H, m), 4.24 (2 H, q, J 7.2), 1.44 (3 H, t, J 7.3 );
rn/z (ES~ 419, 421 (M+H").

Example 3 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluorobutyl)-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Method 1 Phosphorus oxychloride (93 L, 0.995 mmol) was added to a suspension of Description 14 (193 mg, 0.497 mmol) in toluene (8 ml) and the reaction mixture heated at reflux for 4h, after which time tlc indicated complete reaction. The reaction was cooled to room temperature, the toluene evaporated and the mixture was partitioned between dichloromethane (10 ml) and 10% aqueous potassium carbonate solution (30 ml). The 'layers were separated, the aqueous phase extracted with more dichloromethane (20 ml) and the coinbined organic phases were dried (Na2SO4) and evaporated. The residue was triturated with ether and the solid collected by filtration and dried in vacuo to give the title compound (130 mg, 71 %). IH
NMR (400 MHz, CDC13) 7.75 (1 H, s), 7.53 (2 H, d, J 8), 7.16-7.14 (2 H, d, J
8), 3.83 (3 H, s), 2.46 (2 H, t, J7.1), 2.21-1.99 (4 H, m); m/z (ES) 371, 373 (M+ITI).
Method 2 Description 16 (50 mg, 0.20 mmol) was coinbined witli 5,5,5-trifluoropentanoic acid (62 mg, 0.40 mmol) and polyphosphoric acid (0.5 ml) in a sealed tube. The mixture was heated to 150 C and stirred for 20 mins. On cooling, water was added and the polyphosphoric acid plug broken up and the suspension partitioned between 4N aqueous NaOH (20 ml) and CH2Clz (20 ml). The aqueous phase was extracted with further CH2C12 (20 ml) and the combined organic fractions dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The resulting yellow oil was triturated with Et20 to afford the title compound as an ivory solid (66 mg, 88%). Data was consistent with that for the material produced by Method 1 above.
Example 1-(4=Fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(4 4 4-trifluorobutXl)-1 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from Description 10 and 4-fluoroaniline according to the procedures of Description 14 and Example 3 respectively. 'H NMR (400 MHz, CDC13) 7.75 (1 H, s), 7.25-7.15 (4 H, m), 3.83 (3 H, s), 2.46 (2 H, t, J7.1), 2.21-1.99 (4 H, m);rn/z (ES) 355 (M+H+).

Example 5 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(3 3 3-trifluoropropyl)-1 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from Description 8 and 4-chloroaniline according to the procedures of Description 14 and Example 3 respectively. 'H NMR (500 MHz, CDC13) 7.74 (1 H, s), 7.55(2 H, d, J
8), 7.17 (2 H, d, J 8), 3.83 (3 H, s), 2.73-2.58 (4 H, m); n7/z (ES) 357, 359 (M+H").
Example 6 l-(4-Chlorophenyl)-2-eyclohex IgLliXl)-9-methyl-1 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from Description 11 and 4-chloroaniline according to the procedures of Description 14 and Example 3 respectively. 'H NMR (400 MHz, CDC13) 8.05 (1 H, s), 7.63 (2 H, d, J
8), 7.43 (2 H, d, J 8), 3.75 (3 H, s), 2.35 (2 H, t, J7.9), 1.60-1.43 (7H, in), 1.15-1.00 (4H, m), 0.77-0.66 (2 H, m). na/z (ES) 371, 373 (M+H+).

Example 7 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(3-phenylpropyl)-1 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Phosphorus oxychloride (105 L, 1.2 mmol) was added to a suspension of Description 15 (150 mg, 0.4 mmol) in toluene (8 ml) and the reaction mixture heated at reflux for 4h, after which time tlc indicated complete reaction. The reaction was cooled to room temperature, and the mixture was partitioned between ethyl acetate (15 ml) and sat. aqueous potassium carbonate solution (15 ml). The layers were separated, the aqueous phase extracted with more ethyl acetate (15 ml) and the combined organic phases were dried (MgSO4) and evaporated. The residue was triturated with ether and the solid collected by filtration and dried in vacuo to give the title compound (115 mg, 76 %). 1H
NMR (400 MHZ, DMSO) S
8.05 (1 H, s), 7.58 (2 H, d, J8.6), 7.38 (2 H, d, J8.6), 7.24-7.20 (2 H, in), 7.16-7.13 (1 H, in), 7.07 (2 H, d, J7.1), 3.76 (3 H, s), 2.54 (2 H, t, J7.4), 2.33 (2 H, t, J7.4), 1.94-1.88 (2 H, m); rna/z (ES+) 379, 381 (M+H+).

Example 8 9-Methyl-l-phenyl-2-(4 4 4-trifluorobutyl -1 9-dihvdro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from Description 17 according to the procedure of Example 3 (Method 2). 1H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO): 5 8.06 (1 H, s), 7.58-7.50 (3 H, m), 7.36 (2 H, d, J7.3),3.76 (3 H, s), 2.41 (2 H, t, J7.2),2.32-2.22 (2 H, m), 1.91-1.85 (2 H, m). n7/z (ES) 336 (M+H+).

Example 9 6-(4-Chlorobhenyl)-5-(4 4 4-trifluorobutyl)[1 3]thiazolo[5 4-d]pyrimidin-7(6H)-one Prepared from Description 18 according to the procedure of Example 3 (Method 2). 'H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO):89.18(1 H, s), 7.67 (2 H, d, J 8.6), 7.51 (2 H, d, J 8.6), 2.44 (2 H, t, J 7.4), 2.32-2.22 (2 H, m), 1.89-1.83 (2 H, m). m/z (ES) 374 (M+W).

Example 10 1-(4-Chlorophenyl -9-methyl-2-(5 5 5-trifluoropentyl)-1 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from Description 16 and Description 22 according to the procedure of Example 3 (Method 2).
'H NMR (400 MHz, CDC13) S 7.73 (1 H, s), 7.53 (2H, d, J4.3), 7.16 (2H, d, J
5.7), 3.81 (3H, s), 2.42 (2H, t, J7.4), 2.12-2.00 (2H, m), 1.83-1.75 (2H, in), 1.60-1.51 (2H, m). nz/z (ES) 385, 387 (M+H+) Example 11 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-[3 4 4 4-tetrafluoro-3-(trifluoromethyl)butyl]-1 9-dihydro 6H purin 6 one Description 25 (308 mg, 0.65 mmol) was suspended in phosphorus oxychloride (5 inl, 58.5 mmol) and the reaction heated at 120 C for 4h, after wliich time tlc indicated complete reaction. The reaction was cooled to room temperature, the phosphorus oxychloride evaporated and the mixture was partitioned between ethyl acetate (10 ml) and sat. aqueous potassium carbonate solution (30 inl). The layers were separated, the aqueous phase extracted with more ethyl acetate (20 ml) and the combined organic phases were dried (MgSOd) and evaporated. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography on silica (eluent: 5% methanol in dichloromethane with 0.1% NH3) to give the title compound (230 mg, 78 %). 'H
NMR (500 MHz, DMSO) S 8.09 (1 H, s), 7.66 (2 H, d, J 8.6), 7.47 (2 H, d, J
8.6), 3.78 (3 H, s), 2.78-2.68 (2 H, m), 2.62-2.58 (2 H, m); rfz/z (ES) 457,459 (M+H').
Example 12 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(3 -phenoxypropyl)-1 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from Description 4, 4-phenoxybutyric acid and 4-chloroaniline according to the methods of Descriptions 7, 24, 14 and Example 11 respectively. 1H NNIlZ (360 MHz, DMSO) 6 8.05 (1 H, s), 7.62 (2 H,d,J8.5),7.42(2H,d,J8.5),7.24(2H,t,J7.5),6.90(1H,t,J7.3),6.81 (2H,d,J7.9),3.95(2H,d, J6.2), 3.74 (3 H, s), 2.56-2.49 (2 H, m), 2.12-2.02 (2 H, m); n7/z (ES) 395, 397 (M+H+).

Examples 13 to 30 were prepared using analogous methods to those described above using the appropriate amino ester, carboxylic acid and aniline in a 4 step sequence similar to that described for Example 12.

Ex Compound Name Data 13 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-[2- 'H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO) 8.42 (1 H, s), (trifluoromethyl)-1,3-thiazol-4-yl]- 8.22 (1 H, s), 7.42 (2 H, d, J 8.6), 7.29 (2 H, 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one d, J 8.6), 3.82 (3 H, s); in/z (ES) 412, 414 M+W).
14 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(4,4,4- 'H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO) S 8.13 (1 H, trifluorobutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin- s), 7.63 (2 H, d, J 8.6), 7.43 (2 H, d, J 8.6), 6-one 4.20 (2 H, q, J 7.2), 2.42 (2 H, t, J 7.1), 2.3 8-2.22 (2 H, m), 1.89 (2 H, q, J 7.6), 1.44 (3 H, t, J7.2); zrr/z (ES) 385, 387 (M+H' .
15 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-9-cyclopropyl-2- 'H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO) S 8.09 (1 H, (4,4,4-trifluorobutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H- s), 7.63 (2 H, d, J 8.6), 7.43 (2 H, d, J 8.6), purin-6-one 3.56-3.54 (1 H, m), 2.43 (2 H, t, J7.1), 2.34-2.29 (2 H, m), 1.94-1.87 (2 H, m), 1.13-1.07 (4 H, m); nz/z (ES) 397, 399 (M+W .
16 9-Ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(4,4,4- 'H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO) 6 8.13 (1 H, trifluorobutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin- s), 7.45-7.38 (4 H, m), 4.20 (2 H, q, J7.2), 6-one 2.41 (2 H, t, J7.2), 2.3 6-2.25 (2 H, m), 1.89 (2 H, q, J 8.0), 1.44 (3 H, t, J 7.2); r11/z (ES) 369 (M+W).

17 1-(3,4-Difluorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2- 'H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO) S 8.14 (1 H, (4,4,4-trifluorobutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H- s), 7.72-7.62 (2 H, m), 7.34-7.28 (1 H, m), purin-6-one 4.20 (2 H, q, J 7.3), 2.50 (2 H, t, J 7.2), 2.35-2.24 (2 H, m), 1.94-1.87 (2 H, m), 1.44 (3 H, t, J 7.3 ; m1z (ES+ 3 87 (M+H+ .
18 1-(4-Chloro-3-fluorophenyl)-9-ethyl- 'H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO) 6 8.15 (1 H, 2-(4,4,4-trifluorobutyl)-1,9-dihydro- s), 7.81 (1 H, t, J8.4), 7.66 (1 H, dd, J2.2, 6H-purin-6-one 9.9), 7.34 (1 H, d, J 8.5), 4.21 (2 H, q, J
7.2), 2.49-2.43 (2 H, m), 2.37-2.22 (2 H, m), 1.94-1.86 (2 H, m), 1.44 (3 H, t, J7.2); m/z (ES) 403, 405 (M+W).
19 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-2-(4,4,4- iH NMR (400 MHz, DMSO) 6 8.20 (1 H, trifluorobutyl)-9-(2,2,2- s), 7.65 (2 H, d, J 8.6), 7.48 (2 H, d, J 8.6), trifluoroethyl)-1,9-dihydro-6Fl-purin- 5.18 (2 H, q, J 9.2), 2.43 (2 H, t, J
6.9), 6-one 2.35-2.23 (2 H, m), 1.92-1.86 (2 H, m).; nT/z (ES) 439 M+II'").
20 1-(4-Fluorophenyl)-9-propyl-2-(4,4,4- 'H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO) S 8.11 (1 H, trifluorobutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin- s), 7.46-7.3 8 (4 H, m), 4.13 (2 H, t, J
6.9), 6-one 2.41 (2 H, t, J7.0), 2.35-2.23 (2 H, m), 1.91-1.81 (4H,m),0.88(3H,t,J7.4);m/z (ES) 3 83 (M+H+ .
21 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-9-propyl-2- 'H NMR (360 MHz, DMSO) 6 8.12 (1 H, (4,4,4-trifluorobutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H- s), 7.63 (2 H, d, J 8.6), 7.44 (2 H, d, J 8.6), purin-6-one 4.14 (2 H, t, J6.9), 2.44-2.36 (2 H, m), 2.33-2.23 (2 H, m), 1.92-1.82 (4 H, m), 0.88 (3 H, t, J7.4); m1z (ES) 399 (M+H+).
22 9-Ethyl-l-(3-fluoro-4-methylphenyl)- 'H NMR (360 MHz, DMSO) 8 8.13 (1 H, 2-(4,4,4-trifluorobutyl)-1,9-dihydro- s), 7.47 (1 H, t, J 8.3), 7.31 (1 H, d, J 10.2), 6H-purin-6-one 7.13 (1 H, d, J 10.0), 4.20 (2 H, q, J7.3), 2.45 (2 H, t, J7.2), 2.37-2.21 (5 H, m), 1.93-1.85 (2 H, m), 1.44 (3 H, t, J7.3); rn/z (ES+ 3 83 M+H+).
23 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(4- 'H NMR (3601VHz, DMSO) S 8.05 (1H, s), methylpentyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin- 7.63 (2H, d, J 8.6), 7.43 (2H, d, J 8.6), 3.75 6-one (3H, s), 2.36-2.28 (2H, m), 1.63-1.52 (2H, m), 1.58-1.42 (1H, m), 1.15-1.02 (2H, m), 0.79 (6H, d, J 6.6); m/z (ES) 345, 347 M+H+ .

24 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-2-cyclohexyl-9- 'H NMR (400 MHz; CDC13) 7.71 (1H, s), methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 7.51(2H, d, J 8), 7.16 (2H, d, J 8), 3.81 (3H, s), 2.35-2.2 (1H, m), 1.8-1.6 (7H, m), 1.3-1.15 (1H, m), 1.1-0.95 (2H, m); fn/z (ES) 343, 345 (M+H').
25 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(3- 'H NMR (400 MHz; CDC13) 7.71 (1H, s), methylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 7.51(2H, d, J7), 7.17 (2H, d, J7), 3.82 (3H, one s), 2.45-2.35 (2H, m), 1.6-1.4 (3H, m), 0.78 6H, d, J6.5 ; ni/z (ES) 331, 333 (M+H+ .
26 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(3- 'H NMR (400 MHz; CDC13) 7.75 (1H, s), methylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H purin-6- 7.51(2H, d, J 7), 7.17 (2H, d, J 7), 4.23 (2H, one q, J7), 2.45-2.35 (2H, m), 1.55 (3H, t, J7), 1.6-1.4 (3H, m), 0.78 (6H, d, J6.5); rnz/z (ES+ 345, 347 M+W .
27 9-Ethyl-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(3- 'HNMR(360 MHz; CDC13) 7.76 (1H, s), methylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 7.3-7.15 (4H, m), 4.23 (2H, q, J7), 2.45-one 2.35 (2H, m), 1.6-1.4 (6H, m), 0.78 (6H, d, J6.5); nz/z (ES) 329 (M+H+ .
28 2-tert-Butyl-l-(4-chlorophenyl)-9- 'H NMR (400 MHz; CDC13) 7.75 (1H, s), methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 7.46 (2H, d, J7), 7.18 (2H, d, J7), 3.81 (3H, s), 1.20 (9H, s); m/z (ES) 317, 319 (M+H').
29 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-{2- 'H NMR (500MHz, CDC13) 2.75 (2 H, t, J
[5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-3- 7.2); 3.16 (2 H, t, J 7.2); 3.82 (3 H, s); 7.11 yl]ethyl}-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one (2 H, d, J8.6); 7.52 (2 H, d, J8.6); 7.72 (1 H, s); 7.73 (1 H, s); 8.60 (1 H, s); 8.72 (1 H, s ; na/z ES+ 434 (M+H+).
30 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-[2- 'H NMR (500MHz, CDC13) 7.75 (1H, s), (trifluoromethyl)-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro- 7.52 (2H, d, J 8.4), 7.22-7.15 (2H, in), 3.80 1,3-benzothiazol-5-yl]-1,9-dihydro- (3H, s), 3.4-3.3 (1H, in), 3.1-3.0 (1H, m), 6H-purin-6-one 3.0-2.9 (1H, m), 2.9-2.8 (1H, m), 2.65-2.55 (1H, m), 2.25-2.10 (2H, m); nt/z (ES) 466, 468 M+H).

Example 31 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)--(2-cyclopent l~yl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 3-Cyclopentylpropanoyl chloride (26 L, 0.17 mmol) was added to a solution of Description 16 (35 mg, 0.14 ininol) and ethyldiisopropylamine (60 L, 0.35 mmol) in THF (1 ml) at room temperature. The mixture was stirred for 60 h, then partitioned between ethyl acetate (25 ml) and water (25 ml). The layers were separated and the organic layer was dried (Na2SO4) and evaporated. To the residue (59 mg), phosphorus oxychloride (1 ml) was added and the mixture heated at 100 C for 4 h. The mixture was cooled to room temperature, partitioned between ethyl acetate (25 ml) and 10%
aqueous potassium carbonate solution (25 ml) and the layers separated. The aqueous phase was extracted with more ethyl acetate (10 ml) and the combined organic layers were dried (Na2SO4) and evaporated. Purification by preparative tlc (eluant: 5 % MeOH in CH2C12) afforded the title compound (10 mg). 1H NMR (400 MHz;
CDC13) 7.73 (1H, s), 7.51(2H, d, J7), 7.17 (2H, d, J7), 3.82 (3H, s), 2.45-2.35 (2H, m), 1.70-1.40 (9H, m), 1.0-0.85 (2H, in); n7/z (ES) 357, 359 (M+W).
Example 32 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-2-(2-cyclopropylethyl -9-ethyl-1 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from Description 39 according to the procedure of Exainple 11. 'H NMR
(500 MHz, DMSO) 6 8.16(1H,s),7.64(2H,d,J8.6),7.44(2H,d,J8.6),4.19(2H,q,J7.3),2.43(2H,t,J7.5), 1.52(2H,q,J
7.2), 1.44 (3H, t, J7.3), 0.69-0.59 (1H, m), 0.37-0.25 (2H, m), -0.07= 0.15 (2H, m); m/z (ES) 343, 345 (M+H+).

Example 33 1-(4-chlorophenyl -9-methyl-2-[(4-methyl-1 2 5-oxadiazol-3-yl inethyl]-1 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Description 40 (46 mg, 0.12 mmol) and polyphosphoric acid (0.24 ml) were combined and heated at 150 C for 15 minutes after which time TLC indicated the reaction was complete.
The reaction mixture was partitioned between dichloromethane (20m1) and 10% aqueous potassium carbonate solution (30in1), the layers separated and the aqueous phase extracted witli dichloromethane (20m1). The combined organic layers were dried over MgSO4 , evaporated and the residue purified by mass directed preparative HPLC
to give the title compound (11mg, 25%). 1H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO) S 8.08 (1H, s), 7.67 (2H, d, J 8.3), 7.51(2H, d, J 8.3), 4.00 (2H, s), 3.61 (3H, s), 2.53 (3H, s); na/z (ES) 357, 359 (M+W).

Example 34 1-(4-Chloronhenyl)-9-methyl-2-(1-methyl-2-[trifluoromethyl)-1 3 -thiazol-4-yll ethyl,)-1 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from Description 16 and Description 44, according to the metliods of Description 39 and Example 33 respectively. 'H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO) S 8.06 (1 H, s), 7.67 (1 H, s), 7.64 (1 H, dd, J2.4, 8.4), 7.53-7.47 (2 H, m), 6.92 (1 H, dd, J2.5, 8.4), 3.77 (3 H, s), 3.42-3.35 (1 H, m), 2.99-2.89 (2 H, m), 1.16 (3 H, d, J 6.4); m1z (ES) 454, 456 (M+PI').

Example 35 1-(4-Chlorophenyl -9-methyl-2-(4 4 4-trifluoro-l-methylbutyl)-l 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from Description 4, Description 45 and 4-chloroaniline according to Descriptions 7, 24, 25, and Example 33 respectively. 1H NMR (360 MHz, CDC13) S 7.74 (1 H, s), 7.53 (2 H, dd, J2.8, 5.9), 7.20-7.13 (1 H, t, m), 7.10-7.07 (1 H, m), 3.82 (3 H, s), 2.64-2.58 (1 H, m), 2.22-2.14 (1 H, m), 2.04-1.96 (2 H, in), 1.78-1.70 (1 H, in), 1.19 (3 H, d, J6.7); m/z (ES) 385, 387 (M+W).

Example 36 1-(5-Chloro-1,3-thiazol-2-yl)-9-methyl-2-(2 4 6-trifluorobenzyl -1 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one A mixture ofN-(5-Chloro-1,3-thiazol-2-yl)-1-methyl-5-{[(2,4,6-trifluorophenyl)acetyl]amino}-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide (250 mg, 0.58 mmol) and phosphorus oxychloride (1.5 mL) was heated to 110 C for 1 h. After cooling to room temperature, the excess POC13 was removed in vacuo, and ice water (10 mL) was added to the residue. The mixture was extracted with CH2C12 (20 mL), and the CH2ClZ extract was washed with saturated NaHCO3 (10 mL) and brine (lOmL), dried (Na2SO4), filtered, and evaporated to give a brown oily residue. Purification by preparative plate chromatography (5% MeOH/CH2C12) provided the title compound as a yellow solid (40 mg, 17 %). 'H NMR (400 MHz, CDC13) 7.71 (1H, s), 7.67 (1H, s), 6.67 (2H, t, J8), 3.99 (2H, s), 3.64 (3H, s); rn/z (ES) 411.91 (M+H+).

Example 37 1-(4-Chlorophenyl -9-methyl-2-(2 4 6-trifluorobenzyl)-1 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Description 16 (50 mg, 0.20 mmol) was combined with 2,4,6-trifluorophenylacetic acid (76 ing, 0.40 minol) and polyphosphoric acid (2.0 g) in a sealed tube. The mixture was heated to 140 C and stirred for mins. On cooling, ice was added and the polyphosphoric acid plug broken up and the suspension was basified to pH 9.0 using 4N aqueous NaOH. The aqueous phase was extracted with CHzCIZ (3x20 mL) 25 and the combined organic fractions dried over MgSO~, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The resulting yellow oil was triturated with Et20 to afford the title compound as a white solid (45 mg, 56% yield). 1H
NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-D6) 8.04 (1H, s), 7.61 (2H, d), 7.44 (2H, d), 7.11 (2H, t), 3.73 (2H, s), 3.56 (3H, s); fn/z (ES) 404.98 (M+ff).

30 Example 38 l-(4-chlorophenyl -9-ethyl-2-((6-morpholinopyridin-3-yl)methXl -1H-purin-6 9H)-one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-((6-chloropyridin-3-yl)methyl)-9-ethyl-lH-purin-6(9H)-one [prepared according to the procedures in Description 14 and Exainple 3] (40 mg, 0.1 mmol) was mixed witli morpholine (2 mL) and CsF (61 mg, 0.4 mmol) and the mixture was heated at 100 C for 16h. The reaction was cooled to room temperature, concentrated, and partitioned between etliyl acetate (35 mL) and water (25 mL). The layers were separated, the aqueous phase extracted witli more etlzyl acetate (25 mL) and the combined organic phases were dried (MgSO4) and evaporated. The residue was purified by preparative TLC to give the title coinpound.

Examnle 39 1-(4-chlorophenyl -9-ethyl-2-((6-ethylpyridin-3-yl)methyl)-1H-purin-6(9 one Triethylaluminum (2M in THF, 0.2 mL, 0.4 mmol) and Pd(PPh3)4 (6 mg, 0.005 mmol) were added to the solution of 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-((6-chloropyridin-3-yl)methyl)-9-ethyl-lH-purin-6(9H)-one [prepared according to the procedures in Description 14 and Example 3] (40 mg, 0.1 mmol) in THF (10 mL) and the inixture was heated at 80 C for 16h. The reaction was cooled to room temperature, diluted with CH2C12 (30mL), and saturated aqueous sodium potassium tartrate (10mL) was added, followed by saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution (10mL). The mixture was stirred vigorously for 1 h and then allowed to settle for 1 h before separation of the phases. The aqueous phase was extracted with dichloromethane (50 mL) and the combined organic extracts washed with 1M
sodium potassium tartrate, dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated. The residue was purified by preparative TLC to give the title coinpound.

Example 40 3-((I-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-6-oxo-6,9-dihydro-lH-purin-2-Xl)methyl)benzonitrile Zn(CN)2 (10 mg, 0.084 mmol), DPPF (3 mg, 0.005 mmol), and Pd2(dba)3 (5 mg, 0.005 mmol) were added to the solution of 2-(3-bromobenzyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-lH-purin-6(9H)-one [prepared according to the procedures in Description 14 and Example 3] (60 mg, 0.14 mmol) in DMF-H20 (10:1, 3 mL) and the mixture was heated at 120 C for 6h. The reaction was cooled to room temperature, partitioned between ethyl acetate (50 mL) and water (30 mL). The layers were separated, the aqueous phase extracted with more ethyl acetate (40 mL) and the combined organic phases were dried (MgSO4) and evaporated. The residue was purified by preparative TLC to give the title compound.

Example 41 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(3-fluorobenzoXl)-1H-purin-6 (9H)-one Se02 (16 mg, 0.14 mmol) was added to the solution of 2-(3-fluorobenzyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-lH-purin-6(9H)-one [prepared according to the procedures in Description 14 and Example 3] (50 mg, 0.13 mmol) in dioxane (5 mL) and the mixture was heated at 110 C for 16h. The reaction was cooled to room temperature, concentrated, and partitioned between ethyl acetate (50 mL) and water (30 mL). The layers were separated, the aqueous phase extracted with more ethyl acetate (40 mL) and the combined organic phases were dried (MgSO4) and evaporated. The residue was purified by preparative TLC to give the title compound.

Example 42 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(1-(3-(trifluoromethyl)phenXl)etlryl)-1H-purin-6 9H -one NaIF.VIDS (iM in THF, 074 mL, 0.74 mmol) was added dropwise to a cooled solution (-78 C) of 2-(3-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-etliyl-lH-purin-6(9H)-one [prepared according to the procedures in Description 14 and Example 3] (160 mg, 0.37 minol) in THF (15 mI.,) and the mixture was stirred at -78 C for lh. Iodomethane (35 l, 0.56 mmol) was added and the mixture was stirred at -78 C

for lh followed lh at 0 C. The reaction was quenclied with sat. NaHCO3 (20 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate (3 x 30 mL) and the combined organic phases were dried (MgSO4) and evaporated. The residue was purified by preparative TLC to give the title coinpound.

Example 43 1_(4-Chlorophenyl -9-eth y1-2-[3-(trifluoromethyl)benzyll-1 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from Description 76 according to the procedure of Exainple 3 (Method 1). na/z (ES+) 433 (M+H+), 43 5.

Example 44 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-9-cyclopropvl-2-(2 4 6-trifluorobenzyl)-1 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from Description 69 and 2,4,6-trifluorophenylacetic acid according to the procedure of Example 3 (Method 2). m/z (ES) 431 (M+H+).
Example 45 1-(4-ChlorophenYl)-9-cycloprop, 1-2-(2 3-difluorobenzyl)-1 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from Description 69 and 2,3-trifluorophenylacetic acid according to the procedure of Example 3 (Metliod 2). m/z (ES) 413 (M+H'), 415.

Example 46 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-9-cycloprop,yl-2-(2 4-difluorobenzyl)-1 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from Description 69 and 2,4-trifluorophenylacetic acid according to the procedure of Example 3 (Method 2). m/z (ES) 413 (M+H+).

Example 47 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-9-cyclopropyl-2-(3 5-difluorobenzyl -1~ydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from Description 69 and 3,5-trifluorophenylacetic acid according to the procedure of Example 3 (Method 2). rn/z (ES) 413 (M+W).

Example 48 1-(4-Chlorophen 1~)-9-cyclopropyl-2-(5 5 5-trifluoropentyl)-1 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from Description 69 and 6,6,6-trifluoro-hexanoic acid according to the procedure of Example 3 (Metliod 2). 7ii1z (ES) 411 (M+H'),413.

Example 49 1-(4-ChlorophenXl)-9-c clopropyl-2-(1 2 3 4-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-yl)-1 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6 one Prepared from Description 69 and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-naphthalene-2-carboxylic acid according to the procedure of Example 3(Method 2). fii/z (ES) 417 (M+W).

Examnle 50 6-(4-ChlorophenXl)-5-(2 4 6-trifluorobenzyl)[1,3]thiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidin-7(6 -one Prepared from Description 17 and 2,4,6-trifluorophenylacetic acid according to the procedure of Exainple 3 (Method 2). rnlz (ES+) 408 (M+H'), 410.
Example 51 6-(4-Chlorophenyl)-5-(2,3-difluorobenzyl)-[ 1,3]thiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidin-7(6H)-one Prepared from Description 17 and 2,4-trifluorophenylacetic acid according to the procedure of Example 3 (Method 2). ni/z (ES+) 390 (M+H').
Example 52 6-(4-Chlorophenyl-) 5-(3,5-difluorobenzyl)[1,3]thiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidin-7(6H)-one Prepared from Description 17 and 3,5-trifluorophenylacetic acid according to the procedure of Example 3 (Method 2). nz/z (ES) 390, (M+H+), 392.
Example 53 6-(4-ChlorophenYl)-5-(2,4-difluorobenzyl)[1,3]thiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidin-7(6H -one Prepared from Description 17 and 2,4-trifluorophenylacetic acid according to the procedure of Example 3 (Method 2). in/z (ES) 390 (M+H+).

Example 54 6-(4-Chlorophenyl)-5-(5,5,5-trifluoropentXl)[1,31thiazolo[5,4-a'lpyrimidin-7 (6H)-one Prepared from Description 17 and 6,6,6-trifluoro-hexanoic acid according to the procedure of Example 3 (Method 2). ni/z (ES) 388 (M+H'), 390.

Example 55 6-(4-Chlorophenyl)-5-(4,4,4-trifluoro-3-meth 1~~ butyl)[1,3]thiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidin-7 6 -one Prepared from Description 17 and 5,5,5-trifluoro-4-methyl-pentanoic acid according to the procedure of Example 3 (Method 2). m/z (ES) 388 (M+H').

Example 56 1-(4-Chlorophenyl -9-ethyl-2-(5,5,5-trifluoropentyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from Description 1 and 6,6,6-trifluoro-hexanoic acid according to the procedure of Example 3 (Metliod 2). rn/z (ES) 399 (M+.bI'), 401.

Example 57 1-(4-Chlorophentil -9-ethyl-2-(2-ethyl-1,3-thiazol-4-yl methyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from Description 1 and Description 73 according to the procedure of Example 3(Method 2). in/z (ES) 400 (M+W), 402.

Example 58 6-(4-ChlorophenXl)-5-(4 4 4-trifluoro-2-meth ly butyl)[l,3]thiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimid'ui-7(6H)-one Prepared from Description 17 and 5,5,5-trifluoro-3-methylpentanoic acid according to the procedure of Example 3 (Method 2). n7/z (ES+) 388 (M+H+), 385, 386 Example 59 6-(4-Chlorophenyl)-5-(1 2 3 4-tetrah dy ronaphthalen-2-yl)[1 3]thiazolo[5 4-d]pyrimidin-7(6H)-one Prepared from Description 17 and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene-2-carboxylic acid according to the procedure of Example 3(Metliod 2). m/z (ES) 394 (M+H+).
Example 60 6-(4-Chlorophenyl, -LcyclohexylmethXl [1 3]thiazolo[5 4-ci7pyrimidin-7-(6H)-one Prepared from Description 17 and cyclohexylacetic acid according to the procedure of Example 3 (Method 2). na/z (ES+) 360 (M+H+).

Example 61 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(cyclohexylmethXl -wclopropyl-lH-purin-6 9H)-one Prepared from Description 69 and cyclohexylacetic acid according to the procedure of Example 3 (Method 2). rn/z (ES) 383 (M+R+).

Example 62 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-[(5-methXl-2-phenyl-1 3-oxazol-4-yl)methyl]-1 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from Description 1, 2-(5-methyl-2-phenyloxazol-4-yl)acetic acid and 4-chloroaniline according to the methods of Descriptions 7, 24, 14 and Example 11 respectively.

Example 63 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2 [(5-methyl-2-phenyl-1 3-thiazol-4-Xl)methyl]-1 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from Description 1, 2-(5-methyl-2-phenylthiazol-4-yl)acetic acid and 4-chloroaniline according to the methods of Descriptions 7, 24, 14 and Example 11 respectively.

Example 64 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-[(2-phenyl-1 3-thiazol-4-yl)methyll-1 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from Description 1, 2-(2-phenylthiazol-4-yl)acetic acid and 4-chloroaniline according to the methods of Descriptions 7, 24, 14 and Example 11 respectively.

Example 65 1-(4-chlorophenXl)-2-(2-chloropri~Xl -9-ethyl-1 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from Description 1, 2-chloroisonicotinic acid and 4-chloroaniline according to the methods of Descriptions 7, 24, 14 and Example 11 respectively.

Example 66 1-(4-chlorophenXl)-9-ethyl-2-rfluoro(3-fluorophenyl)inethyl]-1 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared in two steps from Description 38 and 2-fluoro-2-(3-fluorophenyl)acetic acid using the procedures given in description 39 and example 3 (method 1), respectively. m/z (ES+) 400 (M+H+).
Example 67 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-[(2 6-difluorophenxl)(fluoro methyl]-9-ethyl-1 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared in two steps from Description 38 and 2-(3,5-difluorophenyl)-2-fluoroacetic acid using the procedures given in description 39 and example 3 (method 1), respectively.
rn/z (ES) 418 (M+H+).
Example 68 1-(4-chlorophenXl)-2-[(3 4-difluorophenyl (fluoro methyl]-9-ethyl-1 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared in two steps from Description 38 and 2-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-2-fluoroacetic acid using the procedures given in description 39 and example 3(metliod 1), respectively.
nz/z (ES) 418 (M+14+).
Example 69 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-[(3 4-difluorophenXl)(difluoro)methyl]-9-ethyl-1 9-dihydro-6H-nurin-6-one Prepared in two steps from Description 38 and 2-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-2,2-difluoroacetic acid using the procedures given in description 39 and example 3 (method 1), respectively.
rn/z (ES) 436 (M+H}).
Example 70 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-f(4 4-difluorocyclohexXl)methyl]-9-ethyl-1 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared in two steps from Description 38 and Description 62 using the.procedures given in description 39 and example 3 (method 1), respectively. m/z (ES) 407 (M+H+).

Example 71 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-[(4 4-difluorocyclohexyl)methyl]-9-methyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-nurin-6-one Prepared in two steps from Description 17 and Description 62 using the procedures given in description 39 and example 3 (method 1), respectively. i/z (ES+) 393 (M+H').

Example 72 1-(4-chlorophenyl -9-ethXl-2-[1-(5-methyl-2-phenyl-1 3-oxazol-4-Yl)ethyll-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-((5-methyl-2-phenyloxazol-4-yl)methyl)-1H-purin-6(9H)-one using the procedure given in example 42. m/z (ES) 460 (M+H').

Examgle 73 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-211-(3 5-difluorophenyl)ethXl -9-ethyl-1 9-dihydro-6H=purin-6-one Prepared from 2-(3,5-difluorobenzyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-lH-purin-6(9H)-one using the procedure given in example 42. nz/z (ES+) 414 (M+H+).
Example 74 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-[ 1-(2,6-difluorophenyl)ethyl]-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from 2-(2,6-difluorobenzyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-lH-purin-6(9H)-one using the procedure given in example 42. nz/z (ES) 414 (M+W).
Example 75 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-[2-(2,3-dihydro-l-benzofuran-2-yl ethyl]-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from description 38 and 3-(2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-2-yl)propanoic acid (prepared according to procedure found in Organic & Bionzoleeular Chenaistr,y, 2003, 11, 1930-1937) using procedures analogous to those used in description 39 and example 3 (method 1). n7/z (ES) 421.1 (M+H').
Example 76 2-[(E)-1-benzofuran-2-yl vinyl]-1-(4-chlorophenyl -9-methyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from description 16 and 3-(2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-2-yl)propanoic acid (prepared according to procedure found in Organic & Bionaolecular Chemistr.y, 2003, 11, 1930-1937) using procedures analogous to those used in description 39 and example 3 (method 1). 117/z (ES) 407.1 (M+I-f').
Example 77 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,3-dihydro-l-benzofuran-3- lyl-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from description 38 and 2-(2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-3-yl)acetic acid (prepared as described in WO 2001/14358) using procedures analogous to those used in description 38 and example 3 (method 1).
rii/z (ES) 407.1078 (M+H').

Example 78 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2,3-dihydro-l-benzofuran-3- h~yl)-9-methyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one Prepared from description 16 and 2-(2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-3-yl)acetic acid (prepared as described in WO 2001/14358) using procedures analogous to those used in description 38 and example 3 (method 1).
rn/z (ES) 393.09 (M+H).

Examples 79 to 265 were prepared using methods analogous to those described in Exatnple 37 or those described in Description 39 and Exainple 3 (method 1) using the appropriate amino amide and carboxylic acid.

Ex Compound Name MS Data 79 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-[(2,5-dimethyl-1,3-thiazol-4- 400.17 - yl)methyl]-9-et1ry1-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 80 2-(3-chlorobenzyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-1,9- 399.13 dihydro-6H-purin-6-one gl 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(3-inethylbenzyl)-1,9- 379.18 dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 82 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(3-methoxybenzyl)- 395.18 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 83 2-(3-bromobenzyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-1,9- 445.10 dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 84 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(1-phenylethyl)-1,9- 379.23 dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 85 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(2-fluorobenzyl)-1,9- 383.20 dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 86 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(4-fluorobenzyl)-1,9- 383.19 diliydro-6H-purin-6-one 87 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-[1-(3- 397.23 fluorophenyl)ethyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one gg 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,3-difluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl- 401.15 1,9-dil-iydro-6H-purin-6-one 89 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(3,4-difluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl- 401.15 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 90 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(3,5-difluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl- 401.15 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 91 2-benzyl-l-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro- 365.17 6H-purin-6-one 92 2-(2-chlorobenzyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-1,9- 399.14 dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 93 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,6-difluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl- 401.16 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 94 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,4-difluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl- 400.94 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 95 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,5-difluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl- 400.95 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 96 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(3,4,5- 418.93 trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-[2-97 (trifluoromethyl)benzyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 432.91 one 98 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(2,4,6- 418.91 trifluorobenzyl)-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 99 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(cyclohexylmethyl)-9-ethyl- 371.16 1,9-diliydro-6H-purin-6-one 1 -(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(3,3,3 -trifluoro-2-100 methylpropyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 385.10 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(1,2,3,4-101 tetrahydronaphthalen-2-yl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 405.06 one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-[(4-102 methylcyclohexyl)methyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 385.09 one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(tetrahydro-2H-103 thiopyran-4-yhnethyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 389.03 1 -(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(3,3,3 -trifluoro-2-104 methylpropyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 371.00 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-[(4-105 oxocyclohexyl)methyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 385.08 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-2-106 methylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 399.05 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-2-107 methylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 385.04 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(1,2,3,4-108 tetrahydronaphthalen-2-yl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 391.11 one 1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(1,2,3,4-109 tetrahydronaphthalen-2-yl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 375.14 one 9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-2-110 methylbutyl)- 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 383.12 1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-2-111 methylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 369.11 112 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-cyclopropyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro- 411.09 2-methylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 113 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-3- 399.01 methylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 114 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-3- 385.01 methylbutyl)-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 115 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(5,5,5-trifluoro-4- 413.08 methylp entyl)-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 116 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(5,5,5-trifluoro-4- 399.09 methylpentyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 117 9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-3- 383.11 methylbutyl)-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 118 1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-3- 369.10 methylbutyl)-1, 9-dihydro-6 H-purin-6-one 119 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,6-difluorobenzyl)-9-(2,2,2- 455.02 trifluoroethyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 120 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,6-difluorobenzyl)-9-(2,2- 437.03 difluoroethyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)-2-(4,4,4-121 trifluoro-2-methylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 453.05 one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-(2,2-difluoroethyl)-2-(4,4,4-122 trifluoro-2-methylbutyl)- 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 435.06 one 123 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(4-methylpentyl)-1,9- 359.14 dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 124 9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(5,5,5-trifluoro-4- 397.13 metlzylpentyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 125 1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(5,5,5-trifluoro-4- 383.12 methylpentyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 126 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,2-dimethylpropyl)-9-ethyl- 345.10 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 127 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,2-dimethylpropyl)-9- 331.11 methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 128 9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(4-methylpentyl)-1,9- 343.17 dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 129 1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(4-methylpentyl)- 329.15 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 130 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,2-diinethylbutyl)-9-ethyl- 359.15 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 131 2-(2,6-difluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl- 1 -(4-fluorophenyl)- 385.02 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 132 9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(2,4,6- 403.01 trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6 H-purin-6-one 133 2-(2,4-difluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)- 385.02 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 134 2-(2,5-difluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)- 385.02 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-[2-135 (trifluoromethyl)benzyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 417.02 one 136 9-ethyl-2-(2-fluorobenzyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,9- 367.07 dillydro-6H-purin-6-one 137 2-(3,5-difluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)- 385.04 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 138 2-(2-chlorobenzyl)-9-ethyl-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,9- 383.01 dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-[3 -139 (trifluoromethyl)benzyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 417.04 one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,4-difluorobenzyl)-9-140 methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 386.98 141 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,5-difluorobenzyl)-9- 386.98 - inethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 1 -(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,3 -difluorobenzyl)-9-142 methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 3 86.99 1 -(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2, 6-difluorobenzyl)-9-143 metliyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 3 86.98 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(3,5-difluorobenzyl)-9-144 methyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 3 86.98 2-(2, 3 -difluorob enzyl)-9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-145 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 385.03 9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-{ 1-[3-146 (trifluoroinethyl)phenyl]ethyl}-1,9-dihydro-6H- 431.04 purin-6-one 147 9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-[1-(2,4,6- 417.01 trifluorophenyl)ethyl] -1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 148 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2-fluorobenzyl)-9-methyl- 369.01 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 149 2-(2-chlorobenzyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl- 384.97 - 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 150 2-(4-chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)- 1 -(4-chlorophenyl)-9- 402.98 methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 151 2-(2-chloro-4-fluorobenzyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9- 402.98 methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 152 2-(3-chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9- 402.98 methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 153 9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(2,4,5- 403.02 trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 154 2-(2-chloro-4-fluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl-l-(4- 401 fluorophenyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 155 2-(3-chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl-l-(4- 401.02 - fluorophenyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 156 2-(4-chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)-9-ethyl-l-(4- 401.02 - fluorophenyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 157 2-(2,4-dichlorobenzyl)-9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)- 416.98 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 158 2-(3,4-dichlorobenzyl)-9-ethyl-1-(4-fluorophenyl)- 416.99 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 159 9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(2,3,6- 402.99 trifluorobenzyl)- 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 160 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,4-dichlorobenzyl)-9- 418.89 methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 161 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(3,4-dichlorobenzyl)-9- 418.89 methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 162 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(2,3,6- 404.94 trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 163 2-(2-chloro-4-fluorobenzyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9- 387.01 methyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 164 2-(4-chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9- 387.01 methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 165 2-(2,4-difluorobenzyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl- 371.04 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 166 2-(2,3 -difluorobenzyl)- 1 -(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl- 371.03 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 167 2-(4-chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)-3-(4- 404.86 chlorophenyl)thieno [3,2-d] pyrimidin-4(3 H)-one 168 2-(2-chloro-6-fluorobenzyl)-1=(4-chlorophenyl)-9- 402.91 inethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 169 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,6-dichlorobenzyl)-9- 418.88 methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 170 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(5-fluoro-2,3-dihydro- 409.03 - 1 H-inden-1-yl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 171 2-(2-chloro-4-fluorobenzyl)-3-(4- 404.89 chlorophenyl)thieno [3,2-d]pyrimidin-4(3 H)-one 172 2-(4-chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-7- 418.89 methylthieno [3,2-d] pyrimidin-4(3 H)-one 2-(4-chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)-1-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-173 9-inethyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 404.93 2-(2-chloro-4-fluorobenzyl)-1-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-174 9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 404.94 175 2-(2,4-dichlorobenzyl)-1-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-9- 420.91 inethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 176 4-[2-(2-chloro-4-fluorobenzyl)-9-inethyl-6-oxo-6,9- 411.99 dihydro-1 H-purin- 1 -yl]b enzamide 177 2-(2,6-dichlorobenzyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9- 402.95 methyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 178 2-(2,4-dichlorobenzyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9- 402.94 methyl-1, 9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 179 4-[2-(2-chloro-4-fluorobenzyl)-9-methyl-6-oxo-6,9- 393.95 dihydro- 1 H-purin- 1 -yl]benzonitrile 180 2-(2,3-difluorobenzyl)-1-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-9- 388.98 methyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 181 2-(2,4-difluorobenzyl)-1-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-9- 388.98 methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 182 1-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(2,4,6- 406.98 trifluorobenzyl)- 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 183 4-[2-(4-chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)-9-methyl-6-oxo-6,9- 393.98 dihydro-1 H-purin-1-yl] benzonitrile 184 4-[2-(2,4-difluorobenzyl)-9-methyl-6-oxo-6,9- 378.03 dihydro-1 IH-purin- 1 -ylbenzonitrile 185 4-[2-(2,3-difluorobenzyl)-9-methyl-6-oxo-6,9- 378.02 dihydro-1 H-purin- 1 -yl]benzonitrile 186 1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(2,4,6- 388.97 trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 187 1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(2,3,6- 390.05 trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 2-(2-chloro-3, 6-difluorobenzyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-1g 9-methyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 404.97 189 3-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-methyl-2-(2,4,6- 420.89 trifluorobenzyl)thieno [3,2-d] pyrimidin-4(3 H)-one 2-(2-chloro-3, 6-difluorobenzyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-190 9-methyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 420.95 2-(2-chloro-3, 6-difluorobenzyl)-1-(3,4-191 difluorophenyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 422.97 one 2-(2,3 -dihydro-1 H-inden-2-yl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-192 9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 361.05 193 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(2,3,4- 404.91 trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 1 -(4-ch lorophenyl)-2-(2, 6-difluoro-3 -194 methylbenzyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 400.94 one 2-(3 -chloro-2, 6-difluorobenzyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-195 9-methyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 420.88 196 2-(2,6-difluoro-3-methylbenzyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)- 385 9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 2-(3-chloro-2,6-difluorobenzyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-197 9-methyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 404.95 198 4-[9-methyl-6-oxo-2-(2,4,6-trifluorobenzyl)-6,9- 395.98 - dihydro-1 H-purin-1-yl] benzonitrile 199 1-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-isopropyl-9-methyl-1,9- 286.99 dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 200 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-isopropyl-9-methyl-1,9- 302.95 dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 201 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-isopropyl-1,9-dihydro- 317 6H-purin-6-one 202 1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(2,3,4- 388.97 trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 203 1-(4-chloro-3-fluorophenyl)-2-(2,4-difluorobenzyl)- 404.92 9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 1 -(4-chloro-3 -fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(2,4, 6-204 trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 422.92 1 -(4-chloro-3 -fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(2,3, 6-205 trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 422.92 1-(4-chloro-3 -fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-(2,3,4-206 trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 422.91 2-(4-chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)-1-(4-chloro-3 -207 fluorophenyl)-9-inethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 420.9 2-(2-chloro-4-fluorobenzyl)-1-(4-chloro-3 -208 fluorophenyl)-9-inethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 420.88 1-(4-chloro-3-methylphenyl)-2-(2,4-209 difluorobenzyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 400.92 one 2-(4-chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)-1-(4-chloro-3-210 methylphenyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 416.9 one 2-(2-chloro-4-fluorobenzyl)- 1 -(4-chloro-3-211 methylphenyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 416.98 one 212 1-(4-chloro-3-methylphenyl)-9-methyl-2-(2,4,6- 419 trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 213 1-(4-chloro-3-methylphenyl)-9-methyl-2-(2,3,4- 418.89 - trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 214 1-(4-chloro-3-methylphenyl)-9-methyl-2-(2,3,6- 418.91 trifluorobenzyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 3-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-methyl-2-(4,4,4-215 trifluorobutyl)thieno[3,2-d]pyriinidin-4(3H)-one 386.86 216 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,3-dihydro-lH-inden-2-yl)- 391.02 9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 217 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,3-dihydro-lH-inden-2-yl)- 376.92 - 9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 1 -(3,4-difluorophenyl)-2-(2,3 -dihydro-1 H-inden-2-~g yl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 378.94 1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-[5-(trifluoromethyl)-219 2,3-diliydro-lH-inden-2-yl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin- 429.05 6-one 2-[2-(1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)ethyl]-1-(4-220 chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dilrydro-6H-purin-6-one 453.89 2-[2-(1,3 -benzothiazol-2-yl)etliyl]-1-(4-221 chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 421.99 one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-[5-(trifluoromethyl)-222 2,3-dihydro-lH-inden-2-yl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin- 445 6-one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-[5-(trifluoromethyl)-223 2,3-dihydro-lH-inden-2-yl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin- 459 6-one 2-[2-(1,3-benzoxazol-2-yl)ethyl]-1-(4-24 chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 419.89 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-4-~5 yl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 406.9 2-[2-(1,3 -benzoxazol-2-yl)ethyl]- 1 -(4-226 chlorophenyl)-9-inethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 405.86 one 227 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]-9- 345.92 ethyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(3,4-dilrydro-2H-chromen-4-~8 yl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 392.94 229 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-vinyl-1,9-dihydro-6H- 301.09 purin-6-one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,2-dimethylbutyl)-9-inethyl- 345.14 230 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-9-ethyl- 359.15 231 1,9-diliydro-6H-purin-6-one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-9-metlryl- 345.13 232 1,9-diliydro-6H-purin-6-one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-(2,2-difluoroethyl)-2-(3,3,3-233 trifluoro-2-methylpropyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 421.06 one -83- ' 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-(2,2-difluoroethyl)-2-(4,4,4-234 trifluorobutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 421.05 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-(2,2-difluoroethyl)-2-(4,4,4-235 trifluoro-3-methylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 435.06 one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-(2,2-difluoroethyl)-2-(5,5,5- 435.05 236 trifluoropentyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 1 -(4-chlorophenyl)-9-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)-2-(3,3,3 -237 trifluoro-2-methylpropyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 439.15 one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)-2-(4,4,4-238 trifluoro-3-methylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 453.18 one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)-2-(5,5,5- 453.18 239 trifluoropentyl)- 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 9-(2,2-difluoroetliyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(4,4,4-240 trifluoro-2-methylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 419.06 one 9-(2,2-difluoroethyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(4,4,4-241 trifluoro-3-methylbutyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 419.10 one 9-(2,2-difluoroethyl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(5,5,5- 419.10 242 trifluoropentyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(4-methylcyclohexyl)- 371.15 243 1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-(4- 399.15 244 isopropylcyclohexyl)-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 2-(4-tert-butylcyclohexyl)- 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9- 413.18 245 ethyl-l,9-dilrydro-6H-purin-6-one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2-[4-246 (trifluoromethyl)cyclohexyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin- 447.11 - 6-one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(4,4-difluorocyclohexyl)-9- 393.10 24~ ethyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-[4-248 (trifluoroinethyl)cyclohexyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin- 409.13 - 6-one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-[4-249 (trifluoromethyl)cyclohexyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin- 433.10 6-one 1-(4-fluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-[4-250 (trifluoromethyl)cyclohexyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin- 395.13 6-one 4-[9-methyl-6-oxo-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-3 -251 methylbutyl)-6,9-dihydro-1 H-purin-l- 376.12 - yl]benzonitrile 4-[9-methyl-6-oxo-2-(4,4,4-trifluoro-2-252 inethylbutyl)-6,9-dihydro-lH-purin-l- 376.13 . yl]benzonitrile 2-(2-chloroethyl)- 1 -(4-chlorophenyl)-9-etliyl- 1,9- 337.05 253 diliydro-6H-purin-6-one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-[2-(2,3-dihydro-l-benzofuran- 421.11 254 2-yl)ethyl]-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-[2-(2,3-dihydro-l-benzofuran- 407.10 255 2-yl)ethyl]-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 2-[(E)-2-(1-benzofuran-2-yl)vinyl]-1-(4-256 chlorophenyl)-9-methyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 403.07 one 2-(1-benzothien-3-ylmethyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9- 421.06 257 ethyl-l,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 2-(1-benzothien-3-ylmethyl)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-9- 407.05 25g inethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(3-chloropropyl)-9-ethyl-1,9- 351.07 259 dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 1 -(4-chlorophenyl)-9-ethyl-2- [(3 -methyl-1-260 benzothien-2-yl)methyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 449.05 one 1 -(3,4-difluorophenyl)-9-m ethyl-2- [(3 -methyl-l-261 benzothien-2-yl)methyl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6- 423.09 one 9-ethyl-l-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-[5-(trifluoromethyl)-262 2,3-dihydro-lH-inden-2-yl]-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin- 443.12 6-one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,3-dihydro-l-benzofuran-3- 407.11 263 ylmethyl)-9-ethyl-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,3-dihydro-l-benzofuran-3- 393.10 YlmethY1)-9-methY1-1,9-dihYdro-6H-purin-6-one 1 -(3,4-difluorophenyl)-9-methyl-2-[5 -265 (trifluoromethyl)-2,3-dihydro-lH-inden-2-yl]-1,9- 447.09 - dihydro-6H-purin-6-one The above exemplified compounds of the present invention have been tested in the following assay and generally possess an IC50 < 300nM and, in the majority of cases, < 200 nM.
Other assays, such as electropliysiology using rat VR1 expressed in HEK cells measuring activity at various pH levels, can be used.

Determination of in vitro activity In vitro activity of compounds was measured using one or both of the following assays.
Method 1 CHO cells, stably expressing recombinant rat or human VR1 receptors and plated into black-sided 384-well plates, were washed three times witli assay buffer (containing Hepes, NaC12, KCI, MgC12, CaC12, sucrose, glucose and probenecid, pH 7.4) and then incubated with test compound and 4uM Fluo-3-AM

for 60 minutes at room temperature in darkness. Cells were washed three times more to remove excess dye, before being placed, along with plates containing capsaicin and test compounds into a Molecular Devices FLIPR384. The FLIPR384 simultaneously performed automated pharmacological additions and recorded fluorescence emission from Fluo-3. In all experiments, basal fluorescence was recorded, before re-addition of test compounds and subsequent addition of a previously determined concentration of capsaicin that evoked 80% of the maximum response. Inhibition of capsaicin evoked increases in intracellular [Ca2+] were expressed relative to wells on the same plate to which an EC80 concentration of capsaicin was added in the absence of test compounds.

Method 2 Antagonists were ranked by absolute efficacy at a single low concentration vs.
activation by either pH 5.5 or capsaicin (500 nM) using a inedium-throughput electrophysiology assay.
TRPVI activity is initially determined using a 5 second application of 500 nM capsaicin. Agonist (eitlier pH 5.5 or capsaicin) is then applied for 5 seconds followed by a 30 second wash period until a stable control response is achieved.
Inhibition of the agonist response is determined following applications of a single concentration of test compound and inliibition is monitored using repeated agonist activation in the presence of the compound until a stable inhibition state is achieved (up to a maximum of 10 minutes of application). If a successful recovery was achieved by re-applying a control wash, additional compounds can be tested sequentially.
Inhibition effect of the drug is calculated as the sustained maximum current within the 5 second agonist application divided by the control sustained maximum current before the drug had been applied, multiplied by 100 (_ % inhibition @ the test concentration).

Claims

1. The use of a compound of formula (I):

wherein:
A is a benzene ring, a fused five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms independently chosen from O, N and S, providing that no more than one O or S
atom is present, or a fused six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing 1, 2 or 3 N atoms;
A is optionally substituted by one, two or three groups independently chosen from halogen, hydroxy, S(O)r C1-4alkyl, S(O)r NR4R5, -NR x S(O)r C1-4alkyl, formyl, C1-4alkylcarbonyl, C1-6alkyl, haloC1-6alkyl, hydroxyC1-6alkyl, C1-6alkoxy, haloC1-6alkoxy, hydroxyC1-6alkoxy, C3-7cycloalkyl, C3-7cycloalkoxy, C2-6alkenyl, C2-6alkynyl, amino, nitro, cyano, C1-6alkylamino, di(C1-6alkyl)amino, aminoC1-6alkyl, aminoC1-6alkoxy, C1-6alkylaminoC1-6alkyl, di(C1-6alkyl)aminoC1-6alkyl; and a ring selected from phenyl, naphthyl, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independently chosen from O, N or S, at most one heteroatom being O or S, and a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two or three N atoms, the ring being optionally substituted by halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, NR4R5 as defined below, C1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl, C2-6alkynyl, haloC1-6alkyl, C1-6alkoxy, haloC1-6alkoxy, C3-7cycloalkyl or hydroxyC1-6alkyl;
R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen, hydroxy, halogen, C1-6alkyl or haloC1-6alkyl, or R1 and R2 together form an oxo group;
R3 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl;
each R4 and R5 is independently hydrogen or C1-6alkyl or R4 and R5, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, may form a saturated 4-7 membered ring;
R x is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl;
n is zero, one, two, three or four;
v is zero or one;
p and q are both zero or one of p and q is zero and the other is one, provided that when n and v are zero then p and q are both zero;
r is zero, one or two;
Y is C1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl, haloC1-6alkyl, hydroxyC1-6alkyl, aminoC1-6alkyl, carboxyC1-6alkyl; or a C3-7cycloalkyl ring; a phenyl ring; a benzoyl ring; a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independently chosen from O, N and S, at most one heteroatom being O or S; a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two or three N atoms; an 8 to 10-membered fused bicyclic partially saturated ring containing a C5-6cycloalkyl ring, a five or a six-membered saturated ring containing one or two heteroatoms independently selected from O, N and S, the ring fused to either a phenyl ring, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined or a six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined; a six-membered saturated ring containing one or two heteroatoms independently selected from O, N and S; a 8 to 10 membered fused bicyclic heteroaromatic ring containing a phenyl ring, a five or six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined, the ring fused to either a five or six membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined; any of which rings being optionally substituted by one or more groups independently chosen from halogen, C1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl, C2-6alkynyl, nitro, cyano, C3-7cycloalkyl, hydroxy, oxo, C1-6alkoxy, haloC1-6alkyl, haloC1-6alkoxy, hydroxyC1-6alkyl, hydroxyC1-6alkoxy, phenyl, an unsubstituted five-membered heteroaromatic ring as just described, a six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just described, a six-membered saturated ring as just described and NR4R5;
Z is a phenyl ring, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independently chosen from O, N or S, at most one heteroatom being O or S, or a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two or three N atoms, optionally substituted by one or more groups independently chosen from halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, NR4R5 as defined above, S(O)r NR4R5, -NR x S(O)r C1-6alkyl, S(O)r C1-4alkyl, C1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl, C2-6alkynyl, trifluoromethyl, C1-6alkoxy, haloC1-6alkoxy, C3-7cycloalkyl and hydroxyC1-6alkyl;
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or tautomer thereof, for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of gout; irritable bowel syndrome; respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), chronic bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, asthma and rhinitis, including allergic rhinitis such as seasonal and perennial rhinitis, non-allergic rhinitis and cough; hot flushes;
hiccups; obesity; or gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

2. The use of the compounds of formula (1) of claim 1, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or tautomer thereof, wherein n, p, q, v, A, R1, R2, R3, Y and Z are as defined in claim 1, provided that:
(a) when n is two and v is zero or when n is zero and v is one; and p and q are zero then A is a fused imidazole;
(b) when A is a fused 1,3-dimethyl[4,5]pyrazole ring and Z is optionally substituted phenyl then (CR1R2)n(CH=CH)v(O)p(NR3)q Y is not C1-4alkyl, haloC1-alkyl, morpholinomethyl, piperidinomethyl, methoxymethyl, N-methylpiperazinomethyl or p-chlorophenoxymethyl;
(c) when A is a fused [3,4]thiophene ring then (CR1R2)n(CH=CH)v(O)p(NR3)q Y is not C1-7alkyl; and (d) when A is a fused [3,4]thiophene ring then (CR1R2)n(CH=CH)v(O)p(NR3)q Y1 is not pyridylvinyl;
for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of physiological disorders that may be ameliorated by modulating VR1 activity.

3. A compound of formula (IA):

wherein:
A is a benzene ring, a fused five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing 1, 2 or 3 heteroatoms independently chosen from O, N and S, providing that no more than one O or S
atom is present, or a fused six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing 1, 2 or 3 N atoms;
A is optionally substituted by one, two or three groups independently chosen from halogen, hydroxy, S(O)r C1-4alkyl, S(O)r NR4R5, -NR x S(O)r C1-4alkyl, formyl, C1-4alkylcarbonyl, C1-6alkyl, haloC1-6alkyl, hydroxyC1-6alkyl, C1-6alkoxy, haloC1-6alkoxy, hydroxyC1-6alkoxy, C3-7cycloalkyl, C3-7cycloalkoxy, C2-6alkenyl, C2-6alkynyl, amino, nitro, cyano, C1-6alkylamino, di(C1-6alkyl)amino, aminoC1-6alkyl, aminoC1-6alkoxy, C1-6alkylaminoC1-6alkyl, di(C1-6alkyl)aminoC1-6alkyl; and a phenyl, naphthyl, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independently chosen from O, N or S, at most one heteroatom being O or S, and a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two or three N atoms, the ring being optionally substituted by halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, NR4R5 as defined below, C1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl, C2-6alkynyl, haloC1-6alkyl, C1-6alkoxy, haloC1-6alkoxy, C3-7cycloalkyl or hydroxyC1-6alkyl, or R1 and R2 together form an oxo group;
R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen, hydroxy, halogen, C1-6alkyl or haloC1-6alkyl, or R1 and R2 together form an oxo group;
R3 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl;
each W and R5 is independently hydrogen or C1-6alkyl or R4 and R5, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, may form a saturated 4-7 membered ring;
R x is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl;
n is zero, one, two, three or four;
v is zero or one;
p and q are both zero or one of p and q is zero and the other is one, provided that when n and v are zero then p and q are both zero;
r is zero, one or two;
Y1 is C1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl, haloC1-6alkyl, hydroxyC1-6alkyl, aminoC1-6alkyl, carboxyC1-6alkyl; or a C3-7cycloalkyl ring; a phenyl ring; a benzoyl ring; a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independently chosen from O, N and S, at most one heteroatom being O or S; a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two or three N atoms; a six-membered saturated ring containing one or two heteroatoms independently chosen from O and N; a 8 to 10-membered fused bicyclic partially saturated ring containing a C5-6cycloalkyl ring, a five or a six-membered saturated ring containing one or two heteroatoms independently selected from O, N and S the ring fused to either a phenyl ring, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined or a six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined; or a 8 to 10 membered fused bicyclic heteroaromatic ring containing a phenyl ring, a five or six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined, the ring fused to either a five or six membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined; any of which rings being optionally substituted by one or more groups independently chosen from halogen, C1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl, C2-6alkynyl, nitro, cyano, C3-7cycloalkyl, hydroxy, oxo, C1-6alkoxy, haloC1-6alkyl, phenyl, morpholino, haloC1-6alkoxy, hydroxyC1-6alkyl, hydroxyC1-6alkoxy and NR4R5, wherein each of R4 and R5 are independently selected from hydrogen and C1-6alkyl;
Z is a phenyl ring, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independently chosen from O, N or S, at most one heteroatom being O or S, or a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two or three N atoms, optionally substituted by one or more groups independently chosen from halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, NR4R5 as defined above, S(O)r NR4R5, -NR x S(O)r C1-6alkyl, S(O)r C1-4alkyl, C1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl, C2-6alkynyl, trifluoromethyl, C1-6alkoxy, haloC1-6alkoxy,C3-7cycloalkyl and hydroxyC1-6alkyl;
provided that:
(a) when n is two and v is zero or when n is zero and v is one; and p and q are zero then A is a fused imidazole;
(b) when A is a fused 1,3-dimethyl[4,5]pyrazole ring and Z is an optionally substituted phenyl then (CR1R2)n(CH=CH),(O)p(NR3)q Y1 is not C1-4alkyl, haloC1-4alkyl, morpholinomethyl, piperidinomethyl, methoxymethyl, N-methylpiperazinomethyl or p-chlorophenoxymethyl;
(c) when A is a fused [3,4]thiophene ring then (CR1R2)n(CH=CH),(O)p(NR3)q Y1 is not C1-7alkyl;
(d) when A is a fused benzene ring or a fused [3,2]thiophene or [3,2]furan ring; n, p, q and v are zero; Z is an optionally substituted phenyl or optionally substituted pyrid-2-yl ring; and Y1 is a phenyl, furan, thiophene or pyridine ring; then the Y1 ring is not substituted by NR4R5;
(e) when A is a fused [2,3]thiophene ring, Z is optionally substituted phenyl, and p, q and v are zero then Y1 is not C1-6alkyl or an optionally substituted phenyl, or an optionally substituted 5 or 6 membered heteroaromatic ring or an optionally substituted six-membered saturated ring linked via an N
heteroatom;
(f) when A is a fused [3,4]thiophene ring then (CR1R2)n(CH=CH),(O)p(NR3)q Y1 is not pyridylvinyl;
(g) when A is a fused [3,2]thiophene ring and Z is an optionally substituted phenyl then (CR1R2)n(CH=CH)v(O)p(NR3)q Y1 is not methyl;
(h) when A is a fused benzene ring and Z is an optionally substituted phenyl then (CR1R2)n(CH=CH)v(O)p(NR3)q Y1 is not phenyl or biphenyl; and (i) when A is a fused [2,3]thiophene ring, n, v, p are zero, q is one and Z is an optionally substituted phenyl then Y1 is not C1-6alkyl;
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or tautomer thereof.

4. A compound according to claim 3 of formula (IAA):
wherein:
B is S and D is C or one of B and D is N and the other N or S;
G is phenyl, pyridine or thiazole;
n is zero, one, two, three or four;
v is zero or one;
p and q are both zero or one of p and q is zero and the other is one, provided that when n and v are zero then p and q are both zero;
t is zero, one or two;
R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen, C1-6alkyl or halogen;
R3 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl;
R6 is cyano, halogen, C1-4alkyl, trifluoromethyl, C1-4alkoxy, haloC1-4alkoxy, amino, C1-4alkylamino, di(C1-6alkyl)amino, amide, C1-4alkylamide or di(C1-6alkyl)amide;
W is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, C3-5cycloalkyl, C1-4alkyl, haloC1-alkyl, C1-4alkoxy or haloC1-4alkoxy;
Y2 is C1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl, haloC1-6alkyl or a C3-7cycloalkyl ring; a phenyl ring; a benzoyl ring; a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independently chosen from O, N and S, at most one heteroatom being O or S; a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two or three N atoms; an 8 to 10-membered fused bicyclic partially saturated ring containing a C5-6cycloalkyl ring, a five or a six-membered saturated ring containing one or two heteroatoms independently selected from O, N and S the ring fused to either a phenyl ring, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined or a six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined; a six-membered saturated ring containing one or two heteroatoms independently selected from O, N and S; a 8 to 10 membered fused bicyclic heteroaromatic ring containing a phenyl ring, a five or six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined, the ring fused to either a five or six membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined; any of which rings being optionally substituted by one or more groups independently chosen from halogen, C1-4alkyl, hydroxy, oxo, C1-4alkoxy, haloC1-4alkyl, cyano, phenyl, haloC1-4alkoxy, morpholino and NR4R5 where R4 and R5 are independently hydrogen or C1-4alkyl or, R4 and R5, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a 5 or 6 membered saturated ring;
provided that:
(a) when B is S and D is C; n, p, q and v are zero; G is phenyl or pyrid-2-yl ring; and Y2 is a phenyl, furan, thiophene or pyridine ring; then the Y2 ring is not substituted by NR4R5;
(b) when B is S and D is C and G is phenyl then (CR1R2)n(CH=CH)v(O)p(NR3)q Y2 is not methyl;
(c) when n is two and v is zero or when n is zero and v is one; and p and q are zero then one of B and D is N and the other N or S;
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or tautomer thereof.

5. A compound according to claim 4 wherein one of B and D is N and the other N
or S.

6. A compound according to any one of claims 3 to 5 of formula (HA):

wherein:
one of B and D is N and the other N or S;
T is C or N;
n is zero, one, two, three or four;
t is zero, one or two;
R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen or C1-6alkyl;
W is cyano, halogen, C1-4alkyl, trifluoromethyl, C1-4alkoxy, haloC1-4alkoxy, amino, C1-4alkylamino or di(C1-6alkyl)amino;
W is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, C3-5cycloalkyl, C1-4alkyl, haloC1-4alkyl, C1-4alkoxy or haloC1-4alkoxy;
Y2 is C1-6alkyl, haloC1-6alkyl or a C3-7cycloalkyl ring, a phenyl ring, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independently chosen from O, N and S, at most one heteroatom being O or S, a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two or three N atoms, an 8 to 10-membered fused bicyclic partially saturated ring containing a C5-6cycloalkyl ring fused to either a phenyl ring, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined or a six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined, the ring being optionally substituted by one or more groups independently chosen from halogen, C1-4alkyl, hydroxy, C1-4alkoxy, haloC1-4alkyl, phenyl, haloC1-4alkoxy and NR4R5 where R4 and R5 are independently C1-4alkyl or, R4 and R5, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a 5 or 6 membered saturated ring;
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or tautomer thereof.

7. A compound according to any one of claims 3 to 5 of formula (1B):
wherein:
one of B and D is N and the other N or S;
T is C or N;
n is zero, one, two, or three;
t is zero, one or two;
R6 is cyano, halogen, C1-4alkyl, trifluoromethyl, C1-4alkoxy, haloC1-4alkoxy, amino, C1-4alkylamino or di(C1-6alkyl)amino;
R7 is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, C3-5cycloalkyl, C1-4alkyl, haloC1-4alkyl, C1-4alkoxy or haloC1-4alkoxy;
Y2 is C1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl, haloC1-6alkyl or a C3-7cycloalkyl ring; a phenyl ring; a benzoyl ring; a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two, three or four heteroatoms independently chosen from O, N and S, at most one heteroatom being O or S; a six-membered heteroaromatic ring containing one, two or three N atoms; an 8 to 10-membered fused bicyclic partially saturated ring containing a C5-6cycloalkyl ring, a five or a six-membered saturated ring containing one or two heteroatoms independently selected from O, N and S the ring fused to either a phenyl ring, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined or a six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined; a six-membered saturated ring containing one or two heteroatoms independently selected from O, N and S; a 8 to 10 membered fused bicyclic heteroaromatic ring containing a phenyl ring, a five or six-membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined, the ring fused to either a five or six membered heteroaromatic ring as just defined; any of which rings being optionally substituted by one or more groups independently chosen from halogen, C1-4alkyl, hydroxy, oxo, C1-4alkoxy, haloC1-4alkyl, cyano, phenyl, haloC1-4alkoxy, morpholino and NR4R5 where R4 and R5 are independently hydrogen or C1-4alkyl or, R4 and R5, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a 5 or 6 membered saturated ring;

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or tautomer thereof.

8. A compound according to any one of claims 3 to 6 of formula (IIB):
wherein n, t, R1, R2 R6, R7 and Y2 are as defined in claim 4 or 6;
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or tautomer thereof.

9. A compound according to any one of claims 3 to 8 of formula (IC):
wlierein n, t, R6, R7 and Y2 are as defined in any one of claims 4, 6 and 7;
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or tautomer thereof.

10. A compound according to any one of claims 4 to 9 wherein Y2 is C1-6alkyl, haloC1-6alkyl, C2-6alkenyl or an optionally substituted ring selected from cyclopropyl, cylopentyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl, pyridinyl, thiazolyl, oxadiazolyl, tetrahydrobenzothiazolyl, benzoyl, tetrahydronaphthalenyl, oxazolyl, dihydrobenzofuranyl, benzofuranyl, tetrahydrothiopyranyl, dihydroindenyl, benzothiazolyl, dihydrochromenyl, benzoxazolyl, benzofuranyl and benzothienyl.

11. A pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more compounds of any one of claims 3 to 10, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in association with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient.

12. A compound of any one of claims 3 to 10, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in treatment of the human or animal body.

13. A process for the preparation of a compound of formula (1) of claim 1 comprising:
(A) reacting a compound of formula II:

wherein n, p, q, v, A, R1, R2, R3, Y and Z are as defined in claim 1, with a cyclising agent;
(B) for compounds of formula (I) wherein n, p, q and v are zero and Y is an aromatic ring (Ar), reacting a compound of formula VIII with a compound of formula IX:

wherein A and Z are as defined in claim 1, Ar is an aromatic ring as defined for Y in claim 1 and L is a leaving group;
(C) for compounds of formula (I) wherein n is two and v is zero or n is zero and v is one; p and q are both zero; and R1 and W are both hydrogen, hydrogenation of a compound of formula XIV:

wherein A and Y are as defined in claim 1; or (D) reacting a compound of formula XVI with a compound of formula VII:

wherein A and Z are as defined in claim 1.

14. A method for the treatment or prevention of a disease or condition selected from gout; irritable bowel syndrome; respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), chronic bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, asthma and rhinitis, including allergic rhinitis such as seasonal and perennial rhinitis, non-allergic rhinitis and cough; hot flushes; hiccups; obesity; or gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD), which method comprises administration to a patient in need thereof of an effective amount of a compound of the formula (I) as defined in claim 1, or a composition comprising a compound of claim 1.

15. A method for the treatment or prevention of physiological disorders that may be ameliorated by modulating VR1 activity, which method comprises administration to a patient in need thereof of an effective amount of a compound of the formula (I) as defined in claim 2 or a composition comprising a compound of claim 2.